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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 15-307

  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. 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
(a) A person who participates in the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary, including a person who guarantees the signature of the fiduciary, shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-421(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.

(b) If a corporation or transfer agent makes a transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a person who guaranteed the signature of the fiduciary shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-421(c) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.

(c) This section and § 5-421 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article do not impose any liability upon the corporation or its transfer agent.