Laws in pari materia, or upon the same subject matter, shall be construed with reference to each other. What is clear in one statute may be called in aid to explain what is doubtful in another.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 1-16
Laws in pari materia
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Ramos v. Estate of Elsenbach (2015)
Most recently applied in Ramos v. Estate of Elsenbach (October 2015)
CC 1859, §11; RL 1925, §11; RL 1935, §12; RL 1945, §11; RL 1955, §1-21; HRS §1-16
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.