§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]