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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 7-108

  • 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.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • 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
Any person may record among the land records of any county an unexecuted declaration of provisions, covenants, and conditions, and any mortgage or deed of trust thereafter recorded among the land records of the county where the declaration is recorded may incorporate any provision, covenant, or condition of the declaration into the mortgage or deed of trust by specific reference to it and to the liber and folio of the declaration, if the intention to incorporate by reference is shown clearly, and the mortgagor or grantor is furnished a copy of the declaration when the mortgage or deed of trust is executed.