Terms Used In Maryland Code > CRIMINAL LAW > Title 5 > Subtitle 6 > Part IV - Miscellaneous Crimes

• Account: means any deposit or credit account with a bank, including a demand, time, savings, passbook, share draft, or like account, other than an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit;
  
  (2) "Afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and midnight;
  
  (3) "Banking day" means the part of a day, excluding Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, on which a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its banking functions;
  
  (4) "Clearing house" means an association of banks or other payors regularly clearing items;
  
  (5) "Customer" means a person having an account with a bank or for whom a bank has agreed to collect items, including a bank that maintains an account at another bank;
  
  (6) "Documentary draft" means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment if specified documents, certificated securities (§ 8-102) or instructions for uncertificated securities (§ 8-102), or other certificates, statements, or the like are to be received by the drawee or other payor before acceptance or payment of the draft;
  
  (7) "Draft" means a draft as defined in § 3-104 or an item, other than an instrument, that is an order;
  
  (8) "Drawee" means a person ordered in a draft to make payment;
  
  (9) "Item" means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. See
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
• 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
• 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