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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS 4-208

  • 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
(a) Before a local licensing board may approve an application for a license, the local licensing board shall publish notice of the application two times in 2 successive weeks:

(1) in two newspapers of general circulation in the jurisdiction; or

(2) if only one newspaper of general circulation exists in the jurisdiction, in that newspaper.

(b) The notice shall state:

(1) the name of the applicant;

(2) the type of license for which the application is made;

(3) the location described in the application; and

(4) the date, time, and place set by the local licensing board for a hearing on the application.