Maryland Code > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > Title 1 > Subtitle 5 – Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
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| § 1-501 | Jurisdiction and powers in general |
| § 1-502 | Jurisdiction as to jury offenses |
| § 1-503 | Number of judges |
| § 1-504 | Rental space for clerks of court |
Terms Used In Maryland Code > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > Title 1 > Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- 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.