Terms Used In Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 12-403

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
(a) An appeal from the District Court sitting in one of the counties shall be taken to the circuit court for the county in which judgment was entered.

(b) An appeal from the District Court sitting in Baltimore City shall be taken to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.