Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 1-303

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(a) A corporation may acknowledge by its appointed attorney any document required by law to be acknowledged, and the appointment may be in the document.

(b) The document may be acknowledged by the president or a vice president of the corporation without any appointment.