§483-1  Definitions; limitations of law. 
In this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated:



"Obligation" does not include a
liability in tort.



"Obligee" does not include a person
having a right based on a tort.



"Obligor" does not include a person
liable for a tort.



"Several obligors" means obligors
severally bound for the same performance. [L 1941, c 60, §1; RL 1945, §8741; RL
1955, §192-1; HRS §483-1; am L 2008, c 19, §48]



 



Case Notes



 



Where case involved the joint and several debt of
defendants under an agreement of sale and did not involve joint tortfeasors,
trial court erred in ruling that this chapter was not applicable to defendants'
joint and several obligation to plaintiff.  89 H. 461 (App.), 974 P.2d 1051.