Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 3-2B-04
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- 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
The circuit courts of this State shall have jurisdiction:
(1) To enforce agreements and orders providing for international commercial arbitration;
(2) To enter judgments on arbitration awards; and
(3) To recognize and enforce in accordance with this subtitle arbitration awards rendered in foreign countries.