§ 18-601 Scholarships for children, stepchildren, or surviving spouse of prisoners of war, persons missing in action, certain veterans, 9/11 victims, or public safety employees
§ 18-602 Scholarships for children of firemen or rescue squadmen killed or disabled in line of duty
§ 18-603.1 Scholarship for firefighters and ambulance and rescue squad members
§ 18-604 Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship and Fund
§ 18-605 Richard W. Collins III Leadership With Honor Scholarship Program
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Terms Used In Maryland Code > EDUCATION > Division III > Title 18 > Subtitle 6 - Scholarships for Military and Public Safety Personnel and Their Children

  • Adult: means an individual at least 18 years old. See
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • gift: includes an inter vivos gift, inter vivos endowment, bequest, devise, legacy, or testamentary endowment of any interest in real or personal property. See
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • minor: means an individual under the age of 18 years. See
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • veteran: includes , if the individual is eligible under 38 U. See