9-802. Definitions.
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In this chapter:
(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 or 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 a person that 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 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:
(a)A judicial, administrative, arbitral or other adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences and discovery; or
(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:
(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; or
(c)To assent on a stenographic record with the present intent to authenticate a record.