Maryland Code > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > Title 7 > Subtitle 1 – Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals
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§ 7-101 | “Costs” defined |
§ 7-102 | Fees of clerks of Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals |
§ 7-104 | Costs on appeal where State or its agency or political subdivision is party |
Terms Used In Maryland Code > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > Title 7 > Subtitle 1 - Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals
- 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.
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.