[§658G-2] Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Collaborative law communication" means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that:
"Collaborative law participation agreement" means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative law process.
"Collaborative law process" means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which persons:
"Collaborative lawyer" means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process.
"Collaborative matter" means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution including a dispute, claim, or issue in a proceeding which is described in a collaborative law participation agreement.
"Law firm" means:
"Nonparty participant" means a person, other than a party and the party's collaborative lawyer, that participates in a collaborative law process.
"Party" means a person that signs a collaborative law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a collaborative matter.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Proceeding" means:
"Prospective party" means a person that discusses with a prospective collaborative lawyer the possibility of signing a collaborative law participation agreement.
"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.
"Related to a collaborative matter" means involving the same parties, transaction or occurrence, nucleus of operative fact, dispute, claim, or issue as the collaborative matter.
"Sign" means, with present intent, to authenticate or adopt a record:
"Tribunal" means: