Terms Used In Maryland Code > ENVIRONMENT > Title 13 - Well Drillers

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
• Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
• registered mail: include the uses, procedures, and fees of the United States Postal Service;
  
  (2) "certified mail" includes "registered mail"; and
  
  (3) "registered mail" includes "certified mail". See