Haw. Code R. § 20-4-2
As used in this chapter; "Adult" means a person who has reached majority. "Board" means the board of regents of the University of Hawaii.
"Chancellor" refers to the chief executive officer of the respective campus, and shall include their authorized designee.
"Dependent" means those persons who are defined as dependents by law, e.g., spouse, minor child, those who are defined as dependents under Internal Revenue Service rules, and those who are defined as authorized dependents by the Armed Forces of the United States provided that the dependents other than the spouse are no more than twenty-three years of age.
"Guardian" means a person invested by a court of law with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and other rights of a minor.
"Hanai" means a child taken permanently to be reared, educated and loved by someone other than natural parents - traditionally a grandparent or other relative. The child is given outright; natural parents renounce all claims to the child. Usually the child is given at infancy.
"Majority" means the age specified under section 577-1, HRS. That age is presently eighteen years.
"Minor" means a person who has not reached majority.
"Parents" includes legal guardian and legal adoptive parent, except where the guardianship or adoption was acquired primarily to obtain resident status for the ward or adopted child. It shall also include a person who can legally claim an unmarried minor as a dependent for federal income tax purposes, but only when such person has been in loco parentis to the minor for the twelve-month period immediately preceding the residency determination date, "President" means the president of the University of Hawaii and shall include authorized subordinates.
"Residence" as used in this chapter for tuition purposes, shall have the meaning set forth in section 304A-402, HRS, as amended from time to time, and as more particularly described in this chapter, "Residency determination date" means the first day of officially scheduled instruction for any semester or term in which the student is enrolling at the particular college or campus as established by the approved university academic calendar.
"Residency officer" means the registrar, director of admissions or other staff member designated for each campus to determine the residency status of students. Only the residency officer's determination represents the university's official determination of residency.
"Student" means every full-time and part-time graduate and undergraduate student enrolled at the university.
"University" means the University of Hawaii. Any of the provisions in this chapter which affect the standing of a person at any one campus also affect the standing or potential standing at all other campuses.
Haw. Code R. § 20-4-2