§ 2-101 “Grant” or “bargain and sell” construed to pass whole interest
§ 2-102 Tenant of estate tail may grant in fee simple
§ 2-103 Rights granted by assignment of mortgage
§ 2-104 Meaning of term “the said … covenants.”
§ 2-105 Effect of general warranty
§ 2-106 Effect of special warranty
§ 2-107 Effect of covenant of seisin
§ 2-108 Effect of covenant of right to grant
§ 2-109 Effect of covenant of quiet enjoyment
§ 2-110 Effect of covenant that grantor has done no act to encumber
§ 2-111 Effect of general covenant against encumbrances
§ 2-112 Effect of covenant for further assurances
§ 2-113 “Die without issue”, and similar phrases
§ 2-114 Title to street or highway where land binding on it is granted
§ 2-115 No implied covenant or warranty of title or possession
§ 2-116 Passive trusts executed; section inapplicable to security instruments; executory interests and powers of appointment valid
§ 2-117 Presumption against joint tenancy
§ 2-118 Conservation easements; grants to certain trusts
§ 2-119 Covenants restricting installation of solar collector systems
§ 2-120 Disclosure of material fact or latent defect
§ 2-121 Covenants restricting family day care homes
§ 2-122 Grant of property to trust same as grant to trustee
§ 2-123 Adoptees
§ 2-124 Portable basketball apparatus
§ 2-125 Low -impact landscaping
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Terms Used In Maryland Code > REAL PROPERTY > Title 2 - Rules of Construction

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • certified mail: includes "registered mail"; and

    (3) "registered mail" includes "certified mail". See
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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 property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.