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Melony G. Griffith, Larry Hogan and Adrienne A. Jones enacting Maryland law in April 2022. The Annotated Code of Maryland, published by The Michie Company, is the official codification of the statutory laws of Maryland. It is organized into 36 named articles. The previous code, organized into numbered articles, has been repealed. [1]
Pages in category "Maryland statutes" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Annotated Code of ...
The forerunner of the Maryland General Assembly was the colonial institution, an Assembly of Free Marylanders (and also Council of Maryland). Maryland's foundational charter created a state ruled by the Palatine lord, Lord Baltimore. As ruler, Lord Baltimore owned directly all of the land granted in the charter, and possessed absolute authority ...
Gun laws in Maryland regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the U.S. state of Maryland. Summary table. Subject / law
The Laws of Maryland comprise the session laws have been enacted by the Maryland General Assembly each year. According to the Boston College Law library, session laws are "useful in determining which laws were in force at a particular time." Unlike the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Laws of Maryland are arranged chronologically, rather than by ...
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (DC News Now) — Changes to a law impacting the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services aim to hold children as young as 10 years accountable for crimes they commit. The new ...
Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v.Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:
The current Constitution of the State of Maryland, which was ratified by the people of the state on September 18, 1867, forms the basic law for the U.S. state of Maryland. It replaced the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 and is the fourth constitution under which the state has been governed. It was last amended in 2024.