{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4201","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4201","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“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\n(2)\n“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\n(3)\n“Mediation party” means a person that participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.\n\n(4)\n“Mediator” means an individual who conducts a mediation.\n\n(5)\n“Nonparty participant” means a person, other than a party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.\n\n(6)\n“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\n(7)\n“Proceeding” means:\n(A)\nA judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including related pre-hearing and post-hearing motions, conferences, and discovery; or\n(B)\nA legislative hearing or similar process.\n\n(8)\n“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\n(9)\n“Sign” means:\n(A)\nTo execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record; or\n(B)\nTo 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 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 42. Mediation; Uniform Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-4201","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4eef28c007f0cefb77516b019a53ea26dafd8333dcfcabbe1966dd023f91ab60","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4102","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}