Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 4A-203.1

  • 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.
  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
Nothing in this title is intended to restrict or limit in any manner the authority and duty of a regulatory body that licenses professionals within this State to license persons who render professional services or to regulate the practice of any profession that is within the jurisdiction of the regulatory body, notwithstanding that the person is a member, employee, or agent of a limited liability company and is rendering the professional services or engaging in the practice of the profession through the limited liability company.