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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 10-102

  • 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.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
This title does not limit the right of:

(1) an individual to appear on the individual’s own behalf before a court or other unit of the State government;

(2) a title insurance company to examine and to insure titles to real property;

(3) a collection company to engage in the business of collecting or adjusting commercial claims; or

(4) a lawyer who is employed on a regular salaried basis by a corporation to represent the corporation before a court or other unit of the State government.