Terms Used In Maryland Code, HUMAN SERVICES 10-483

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
An appeal may be taken to the Court of Special Appeals from:

(1) an order that grants or refuses rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation; and

(2) any other order in a delinquency proceeding that has the character of a final order as to the particular part of the delinquency proceeding covered by the order.