Terms Used In Maryland Code > ESTATES AND TRUSTS > Title 3 > Subtitle 3 - Statutory Share of Pretermitted Child and Issue

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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
• 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.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.