Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 9A-1105

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A foreign limited liability partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the Department a certificate of cancellation executed by an authorized person.

(b) The filing of a certificate of cancellation does not terminate the authority of the Department to accept service of process on the foreign limited liability partnership with respect to causes of action arising out of doing business in this State.