§483-1 Definitions; limitations of law. In this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated, obligation does not include a liability in tort; obligor does not include a person liable for a tort; obligee does not include a person having a right based on 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]