# FCA and qui tam workflow glossary.

> Canonical URL: https://getwolf.ai/guides/fca-qui-tam-glossary
> Updated: 2026-08-23

This glossary explains the terms WOLF AI uses to describe its early-stage software and the plaintiff-side FCA workflows it is intended to support. It is educational, not legal advice.

WOLF AI is a software company, not a law firm. This page is educational and is not legal advice.

## How the workflow is structured

1. FCA: the federal False Claims Act, principally codified at 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733.
2. Qui tam: an FCA action brought by a private person on behalf of the United States under the statute.
3. Relator: the private person who brings a qui tam action.
4. Intervention: the government’s decision to take over the primary responsibility for an FCA action.
5. Chronology: an ordered, editable set of events tied to supporting sources.
6. Claims mapping: a structured connection among allegations, evidence, actors, transactions, and requirements.
7. Source-linked output: generated work product that points to a document, page, and passage.
8. Human validation: review in which a qualified person checks, edits, rejects, or approves an AI-assisted output.

## Important limitations

- Definitions are simplified and do not cover every jurisdictional or procedural nuance.
- The glossary does not create an attorney-client relationship or provide legal advice.
- Use current statutes, rules, cases, and counsel for legal decisions.

## Authoritative sources

- [U.S. Department of Justice: The False Claims Act](https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act)
- [31 U.S.C. § 3729: False claims](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:31%20section:3729%20edition:prelim))

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