Maryland Code, COMMERCIAL LAW 11-701
Terms Used In Maryland Code, COMMERCIAL LAW 11-701
- 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.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) (1) “Advertise falsely” means to use any advertisement, including a label, which is misleading in a material respect.
(2) “Advertise falsely” includes the use of an advertisement that contains an affirmative representation that the Maryland sales and use tax will not be collected by the retailer on a particular transaction without notifying the purchaser of the purchaser’s duty to pay the sales and use tax directly to the Comptroller of this State.
(c) “Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(d) “Telephone company” has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Public Utilities Article.