Maryland Code, PUBLIC UTILITIES 8-101
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC UTILITIES 8-101
- 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.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) This subtitle applies to:
(1) a telegraph company; or
(2) a telephone company that owned lines and provided local exchange or interexchange service in the State as of October 1, 1993, with the approval of the Commission.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this subtitle are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.