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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 4-104

  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
If a testator is physically outside the State at the time the testator executes the will, the will is properly executed if it is:

(1) In writing;

(2) Signed by the testator or by some other person on the testator’s behalf, in the testator’s physical presence, and by the testator’s express direction; and

(3) Executed in conformity with:

(i) The provisions of § 4-102 of this subtitle;

(ii) The law of the domicile of the testator; or

(iii) The law of the place where the testator is physically located at the time the testator signs the will.