Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 14-618
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- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
A judgment in an action under this subtitle is binding and conclusive, regardless of any legal disability, on:
(1) All persons known and unknown who were parties to the action and who have any claim to the property, whether present or future, vested or contingent, legal or equitable, several or undivided; and
(2) Except as provided in § 14-619 of this subtitle, all persons who were not parties to the action and who have any claim to the property that was not of record at the time the action was commenced.