Terms Used In Maryland Code, TRANSPORTATION 25-109

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
The State Highway Administration, as to both State and county highways, and any local authority, as to any other highways under its jurisdiction, may:

(1) Designate through highways and place stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances to them; or

(2) Designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and place stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to the intersection.