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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 11-109

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
(a) A conviction or attainder does not work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.

(b) The estate of a person who commits suicide shall descend or vest like that of a person who dies a natural death.

(c) A killing of a person by casualty does not cause a forfeiture of estate.