Rule 81.1 – Mandamus

The writ of mandamus is abolished in the circuit courts, except when directed to a court of inferior jurisdiction. Relief heretofore available by mandamus may be obtained by appropriate action or by appropriate motion under the practice prescribed in these rules. In...

Rule 81 – Applicability

(a) To what proceedings not applicable. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Rule 81 or another rule of court, these rules shall not apply to the following proceedings (pursuant to specific provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes when cited below) in any...

Rule 78 – Motion Day

Unless local conditions make it impracticable, each circuit court shall establish regular times and places, at intervals sufficiently frequent for the prompt dispatch of business, at which motions requiring notice and hearing may be heard and disposed of; but the...

Rule 77 – Circuit Courts and Clerks

(a) Circuit courts always open. The circuit courts shall be deemed always open for the purpose of filing any pleading or other proper paper, of issuing and returning mesne and final process, and of making and directing all interlocutory motions, orders, and rules....