Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 9-101
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- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
Unless otherwise provided in this subtitle:
(1) A person shall not be excluded from testifying in a proceeding because of incapacity from crime or interest in the matter in question; and
(2) Litigants and their spouses are competent and compellable to give evidence.