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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 4-511

  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • gift: includes an inter vivos gift, inter vivos endowment, bequest, devise, legacy, or testamentary endowment of any interest in real or personal property. See
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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 document of gift need not be delivered during the lifetime of a donor to be effective.

(b) On or after the death of an individual, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift regarding the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by:

(1) A person authorized to make or object to the making of the anatomical gift; or

(2) A person to which the gift could pass under § 4-509 of this subtitle.