Terms Used In Maryland Code, LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1-1423

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Bonds are securities:

(1) that may be deposited with and received by a unit of the State or a political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the State is authorized by law; and

(2) in which any of the following persons or entities may legally and properly invest money, including capital that the person or entity owns or controls:

(i) an officer or a unit of the State or a political subdivision of the State;

(ii) a bank, a trust company, a savings and loan association, an investment company, or any other person conducting a banking business;

(iii) an insurance company, an insurance association, or any other person conducting an insurance business;

(iv) a personal representative, a guardian, a trustee, or any other fiduciary; and

(v) any other person.