679C.102 - DEFINITIONS.

        679C.102  DEFINITIONS.         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:         1.  "Mediation" means a process in which a mediator      facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist      them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.         2.  "Mediation communication" means a statement, whether oral      or in a record, verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation      or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in,      initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a      mediator.         3.  "Mediation party" means an individual who participates in      a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.         4.  "Mediator" means an individual who conducts a mediation.         5.  "Nonparty participant" means a person, other than a      mediation party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.         6.  "Person" means an individual; corporation; business trust;      estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association;      joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or      instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial      entity.         7.  "Proceeding" means any of the following:         a.  A judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other      adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing      motions, conferences, and discovery.         b.  A legislative hearing or similar process.         8.  "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible      medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is      retrievable in perceivable form.         9.  "Sign" means any of the following:         a.  To execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present      intent to authenticate a record.         b.  To attach or logically associate an electronic symbol,      sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to      authenticate a record.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 68, §7         Referred to in § 22.7