Terms Used In Maryland Code > CRIMINAL LAW > Title 8 > Subtitle 5 > Part I - Public Assistance Fraud

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Local department of social services: includes the Montgomery County government. 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
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• state: means :
  
  (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
  
  (2) the District of Columbia. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See