§556-1  Definition of terms.  (a)  In
this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:



"Bank" includes any person or
association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business
of banking.



"Fiduciary" includes a trustee under
any trust, expressed, implied, resulting, or constructive, personal
representative, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a
corporation, public or private, public officer, or any other person acting in a
fiduciary capacity for any person, trust or estate.



"Person" includes a corporation,
partnership, or other association, or two or more persons having a joint or
common interest.



"Principal" includes any person to
whom a fiduciary as such owes an obligation.



(b)  A thing is done "in good faith",
when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not. [L
1945, c 197, §1; RL 1955, §189-1; HRS §556-1; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1]