{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-671","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-671","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 52-670 to 52-685, inclusive:\n(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.\n(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.\n(3) “Mediator” means an individual who conducts a mediation.\n(4) “Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.\n(5) “Mediation party” means a person that participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.\n(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.\n(7) “Proceeding” means:\n(A) A judicial, administrative, arbitral or other adjudicative process, including related prehearing and posthearing motions, conferences and discovery; or\n(B) A legislative hearing or similar process.\n(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.\n(9) “Sign” means:\n(A) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record; or\n(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.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 932. CONNECTICUT UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_932.htm#sec_52-671","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:28Z","sha256":"2abc8ffe5c4f7d697325cbcaeeb2646074607113039b557a0e836841c8deaff0","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-670","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-672"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}