Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS 9-1104

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
The Secretary may provide by regulation for leave with pay:

(1) for jury service;

(2) to attend employee organization events approved for this purpose by the Secretary;

(3) up to 15 days for military training or active military duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or in the organized militia;

(4) unless the employee is a party to the action or a paid witness, to appear in compliance with a subpoena:

(i) in court;

(ii) before a grand jury;

(iii) before an administrative unit; or

(iv) for a deposition;

(5) for administrative leave for the purpose of immediately removing an employee from the work site, if the employee:

(i) poses a threat to self, another individual, or State property; or

(ii) is incapable of properly performing the employee’s duties because of extraordinary circumstances; and

(6) any other paid leave the Secretary deems necessary.