§ 8-201 Established
§ 8-202 Units and officers in departments
§ 8-203 Secretary
§ 8-204 Coordination among departments
§ 8-205 Secretaries of principal departments; powers and duties
§ 8-205.1 Regulation of units of State government to prevent anticompetitive actions
§ 8-206 Authority to adopt regulations
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Terms Used In Maryland Code > STATE GOVERNMENT > Title 8 > Subtitle 2 - Principal Departments

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See