Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 5-124

  • 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.
The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under § 3-513 of this article to dissolve a professional corporation if:

(1) The Department or a licensing unit with jurisdiction over a professional service described in the corporation’s articles of incorporation serves written notice on the corporation that it has violated or is violating a provision of this subtitle;

(2) The corporation does not, within 60 days after service of the notice, correct the alleged violation or demonstrate to the Department or licensing authority that the violation has not occurred; and

(3) The Department or licensing unit certifies to the Attorney General:

(i) A description of the violation;

(ii) That it notified the corporation of the violation; and

(iii) That within 60 days after service of notice, the corporation did not correct the violation or demonstrate that it did not occur.