accidentmeans a sudden accident, or a natural event culminating in an accident, that results in death incurred at a discrete location by at least 75 natural persons;
classmeans all of the class members in a class action;
class actionmeans any civil action filed under rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or similar State statute or rule of judicial procedure authorizing an action to be brought by 1 or more representative persons as a class action;
class certification ordermeans an order issued by a court approving the treatment of some or all aspects of a civil action as a class action;
class membersmeans the persons (named or unnamed) who fall within the definition of the proposed or certified class in a class action.
committeeincludes standing, select, or special committees of the Senate established by law or resolution.
mass actionmeans any civil action (except a civil action within the scope of section 1711(2)) in which monetary relief claims of 100 or more persons are proposed to be tried jointly on the ground that the plaintiffs’ claims involve common questions of law or fact, except that jurisdiction shall exist only over those plaintiffs whose claims in a mass action satisfy the jurisdictional amount requirements under subsection (a).
Stateincludes any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.