Terms Used In Maryland Code > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > Title 12 > Subtitle 7 - Practice On Appeal

• Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• de novo: means judicial review based on an administrative record and any additional evidence that would be authorized by § 10-222(f) and (g) of the State Government Article. See
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.