If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence any of the litigation pending before the court does not constitute abusive litigation, the court shall enter written findings to that effect and the portions of the litigation found not to be abusive may proceed.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 14-07.6-03

  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37