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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 4-204

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(a) State of Maryland, ………. County, to wit: I hereby certify, that on this …….., in the year …., before the subscriber, (here insert style of the officer taking the acknowledgment), personally appeared (here insert the name of the person making the acknowledgment), and acknowledged the foregoing deed to be his act.

(b) State of ………. County, to wit: I hereby certify, that on this …… day of ………., in the year …., before the subscriber, (here insert the official style of the person taking the acknowledgment), personally appeared (here insert the name of the husband), and (here insert name of the married woman making the acknowledgment), his wife, and did each acknowledge the foregoing deed to be their respective act.

(c) State of ………. County, to wit: I hereby certify, that on this …… day of ………., in the year …., before the subscriber, (here insert the official style of the officer taking the acknowledgment), personally appeared (here insert the name of the person making the acknowledgment), and acknowledged the foregoing deed to be his act.

Seal of the court

In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the court to be affixed, (or have affixed my official seal), this …… day of ………., A.D. ………..