Terms Used In Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 8-304

  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(a) Whenever a person fails to return a completed juror qualification form as instructed, a jury commissioner may summons the person to appear before the jury commissioner or jury judge.

(b) Whenever a person appears under this section, a jury commissioner or jury judge:

(1) May require the person to complete, sign, and acknowledge a juror qualification form in the presence of the jury commissioner; and

(2) If, at that time, it seems to the jury commissioner or jury judge to be warranted, may question the person but only as to responses to questions in the form and grounds for disqualification, excusal, exemption, or rescheduling.