Subtitle 1 Definitions; General Provisions 9-101 – 9-105
Subtitle 2 Covered Employees and Employers 9-201 – 9-236
Subtitle 3 State Workers’ Compensation Commission 9-301 – 9-319
Subtitle 4 Insurance Coverage 9-401 – 9-410
Subtitle 5 Entitlement to and Liability for Compensation 9-501 – 9-510
Subtitle 6 Benefits 9-601 – 9-689
Subtitle 6A Rehabilitation Practitioners 9-6A-01 – 9-6A-20
Subtitle 7 Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals 9-701 – 9-750
Subtitle 8 Subsequent Injuries 9-801 – 9-808
Subtitle 9 Liability of Third Parties 9-901 – 9-903
Subtitle 10 Uninsured Employers 9-1001 – 9-1014
Subtitle 11 Prohibited Acts; Penalties 9-1101 – 9-1108
Subtitle 12 Short Title 9-1201
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Terms Used In Maryland Code > LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT > Title 9 - Workers' Compensation

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adult: means an individual at least 18 years old. See
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • de novo: means judicial review based on an administrative record and any additional evidence that would be authorized by § 10-222(f) and (g) of the State Government Article. See
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.