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1. “[An ʻili kūpono]. . . Was wholly independent of the ahupuaa within whose outer boundaries it was situated and that it owed no tribute to the konohiki of the ahupuaa and that its konohiki was subservient directly to the king.” Territory v. Gay, 31 Haw. 376, 380-381 (1930). 2. “The lands were distributed in such manner that sometimes ilis physically situated within the outer boundaries of an ahupuaa were held by chiefs who paid no tribute to the chief holding the ahupuaa. These independent ilis were known as ili kuponos, in contradistinction to the ilis of the ahupuaa, which were subdivisions of the ahupuaa for the convenience of the chief holding the ahupuaa The ili kuponos were not considered part of the ahupuaa.” State v. Midkifſ, 49 Haw. 456, 465 (1966). 3. “It was a separate and independent title, and not subservient to the ahupuaa.” Shipman v. Nawahi, 5 Haw. 571, 572 (1886). 4. A nearly independent ʻili land division within an ahupuaa, paying tribute to the ruling chief and not to the chief of the ahupuaʻa. Transfer of the ahupuaa from one chief to another did not include the ʻili kūpono located within its boundaries. Also ʻili kū (PE). 5. “The ili kupono, on the contrary, was nearly independent. The transfer of the ahupuaa to a new chief did not carry with it the transfer of the ili kupono contained within its limits. The chiefs previously holding the ili kupono continued to hold them, whatever the change in the ahupuaa chief, having their own koeles (chief’s patches) worked by their retainers. There was, however, a slight tribute of work due to the ahupuaa chief; sometimes one or two days in the month; sometimes even less, or only certain days in the year.” (CJL).