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Terms Used In Maryland Code, TRANSPORTATION 11-137

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
“Name” means:

(1) True or legal name;

(2) In the case of an individual, the name given at birth to the individual by his parents, or as changed under the common law of this State or any other state, by marriage, or by court order; and

(3) In the case of an individual party to an absolute divorce, the individual may elect to use any legal or true name previously used by the individual if this name is used consistently and nonfraudulently.