Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-17

• Collaborative law communication: means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that:

  (1) Is made to conduct, participate in, continue, or reconvene a collaborative law process; and

  (2) Occurs after the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement and before the collaborative law process is concluded. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2

• Collaborative law process: means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which persons:

  (1) Sign a collaborative law participation agreement; and

  (2) Are represented by collaborative lawyers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Nonparty participant: means a person, other than a party and the party's collaborative lawyer, that participates in a collaborative law process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
• Party: means a person that signs a collaborative law participation agreement and whose consent is necessary to resolve a collaborative matter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
• 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. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2
• Proceeding: means :

  (1) A judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process before a tribunal, including related prehearing and post-hearing motions, conferences, and discovery; or

  (2) A legislative hearing or similar process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 658G-2