Terms Used In Maryland Code > BUSINESS REGULATION > Title 16 > Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions

• County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• state: means :
  
  (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
  
  (2) the District of Columbia. See