Terms Used In Maryland Code, COMMERCIAL LAW 13-406

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(a) The Attorney General may seek an injunction to prohibit a person who has engaged or is engaging in a violation of this title from continuing or engaging in the violation.

(b) The Attorney General shall serve notice of the general relief sought on the alleged violator at least seven days before the action for an injunction is filed.

(c) The court may enter any order of judgment necessary to:

(1) Prevent the use by a person of any prohibited practice;

(2) Restore to a person any money or real or personal property acquired from him by means of any prohibited practice; or

(3) Appoint a receiver in case of willful violation of this title.