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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 5-102

  • 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
  • Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
(a) Unless it is admitted to administrative or judicial probate, or recorded as provided in § 5-504 of this title, a will is ineffective to transfer property or to nominate a personal representative.

(b) Except for a foreign personal representative, a person may not qualify as or exercise the powers and duties of a personal representative unless the person has been appointed administratively or judicially.