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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 10-106

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
(a) A person may file, and a court shall grant, a petition for expungement of a criminal charge transferred to the juvenile court under § 4-202 or § 4-202.2 of this article.

(b) A petition for expungement filed under this section shall be filed in the court of original jurisdiction from which the order of transfer was entered.