Maryland Code > ESTATES AND TRUSTS > Title 6 – The Personal Representative
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- Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Probate: Proving a will
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.