Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 3-8B-01
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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.
A court of law has jurisdiction in an action for mandamus.