Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 6-102

  • 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
This subtitle does not apply to:

(1) an inmate retained in the custody of the Patuxent Institution for:

(i) examination to determine if the inmate is an eligible person, as defined in § 4-101 of this article; or

(ii) confinement as an eligible person under Title 4 of this article; or

(2) a juvenile committed to the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Services or an institution or facility under its jurisdiction.