ahupuaa (ah-hoo-poo-ah-ah). [Hawaiian] A variable measure of Hawaiian land, traditionally understood to stretch from the sea to the mountains, to allow the people to obtain the various materials needed for subsistence offered at different elevations. — Also spelled ahupua’a.
Uniform Adoption Act. A 1994 model statute aimed at achieving uniformity in adoption laws. • The current version of the UAA was promulgated in 1994 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. State adoption of the Uniform Adoption Act has been largely unsuccessful. Earlier versions, in 1953 and 1971, were amended many
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