Maryland Code > ESTATES AND TRUSTS > Title 6 > Subtitle 1 – Appointment and Issuance of Letters; Duties and Powers
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§ 6-101 | Conditions of appointment |
§ 6-102 | Bond |
§ 6-103 | Issuance and content of letters |
§ 6-104 | Form of letters |
§ 6-105 | Time of accrual of duties and powers; ratification |
Terms Used In Maryland Code > ESTATES AND TRUSTS > Title 6 > Subtitle 1 - Appointment and Issuance of Letters; Duties and Powers
- Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- 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.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- 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 property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
- Probate: Proving a will
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See