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Terms Used In Maryland Code, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 9-911

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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) Except with the written consent of the Division Director, a person who has been convicted, or who is convicted, of any crime involving dishonesty or a breach of trust, may not ever serve as an officer or director of an association.

(b) However, the pendency of an appeal from the conviction stays the operation of the prohibition of subsection (a) of this section until the appeal is decided or dismissed.