HAWAII
RULES OF EVIDENCE



 



ARTICLE I.



GENERAL
PROVISIONS



 



Rule 100  Title and citation.  These
rules shall be known and cited as the Hawaii Rules of Evidence.  Each rule
shall be cited by its number.  A complete citation to a rule may read as
follows:  Rule ___, Hawaii Rules of Evidence, Chapter 626, Hawaii Revised
Statutes. [L 1980, c 164, pt of §1]



 



RULE 100 COMMENTARY



 



  The purpose of this chapter is to codify the law of
evidence, to promote informed judicial rulings on evidence points, and to
achieve uniformity in the treatment of evidence among the courts of this State.