Definitions
HRS §337-1
in effect337-1. Definitions
Whenever used in this chapter:
"Flight" and "fled" mean
any voluntary or involuntary departure from the jurisdiction of the court where
the proceedings hereinafter mentioned may have been instituted and are still
pending, with the effect of avoiding, impeding, or delaying, the action of the
court in which the proceedings may have been instituted or be pending, or any
such departure from the state where the person demanded then was, if the person
then was under detention by law as a person of unsound mind and subject to
detention.
"State" includes states, territories,
districts, and insular and other possessions of the United States.
As applied to a request to return any person
within the purview of this chapter to or from the District of Columbia, the
words "executive authority", "governor", and "chief
magistrate", respectively, include a justice of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia and other authority.
[L 1927, c 214, §2; RL 1935, §1020;
RL 1945, §3831; RL 1955, §85-1; HRS §337-1; gen ch 1985]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0337/HRS_0337-0001.htmFetched: 11/10/2026