Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 5-105

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A domestic or foreign corporation may render professional services in the State only through individuals licensed or otherwise authorized in the State to render the professional services.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not:

(1) Require an individual employed by a professional corporation to be licensed to perform services for the corporation if a license is not otherwise required;

(2) Prohibit a licensed individual from rendering professional services in his individual capacity although he is a stockholder, director, officer, employee, or agent of a domestic or foreign professional corporation; or

(3) Prohibit an individual licensed in another state from rendering professional services for a domestic or foreign professional corporation in the State if not prohibited by the licensing unit in the State with jurisdiction over the professional service.