HRS §429-2
Other laws still apply unless this chapter says otherwise
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that general legal and fairness rules still apply to this chapter, unless a specific rule in the chapter overrides them. It does not create new duties or penalties.
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The statute, as written — Supplementary general principles of law and equity
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Principles of law and equity supplement this chapter unless displaced by a particular provision of it.
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