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MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 3 - Attachment|Section 3-303 - Attachment Before Judgment -- Instances When Available

    (a)    An attachment before judgment may issue in any of the instances in this section.    (b)    If the debtor is a nonresident individual, or a corporation which has no resident agent in this State, and:        (1)    The debtor is a person over whom the court could exercise personal jurisdiction pursuant to §§ 6–102, 6–103, and 6–104 of this article; or        (2)    The action involves claims to property in this State which property is to be attached; or        (3)    The action is any other in which the attachment is constitutionally permitted.    (c)    If a resident individual defendant or an agent authorized to accept process for a corporation has acted to evade service.    (d)    If the debtor has absconded or is about to abscond from the State; or if an individual has removed, or is about to remove, from his place of abode in the State with intent to defraud his creditors.    (e)    (1)    If the debtor is about to assign, dispose of, conceal, or remove his property or a portion of it from the State with intent to defraud his creditors; or        (2)    If the debtor has done any of these acts, or fraudulently contracted the debt or incurred the obligation which is the subject of the pending action.    (f)    If the debtor is deceased and an adult nonresident is entitled by descent or devise from the debtor to any land or interest in land in the State, an attachment may issue against that land or interest held by descent or devise from the person indebted.    (g)    If any person who is required to be but is not licensed under the provisions of the Maryland Home Improvement Law, in an action against that person arising out of a home improvement transaction.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 3 - Attachment|Section 3-304 - Attachment Before Judgment -- Actions in Which Available

    (a)    An attachment under § 3-303(b), (d), and (g) of this subtitle may issue in an action based on contract, whether the damages are liquidated or unliquidated, or in an action based on tort.    (b)    An attachment under § 3-303(c), (e), and (f) of this subtitle may issue only in an action based on contract for liquidated damages.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 3 - Attachment|Section 3-305 - Property or Credits of Debtor Subject to Attachment

    An attachment may be issued against any property or credit, matured or unmatured, which belong to a debtor.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-401 - "Person" Defined

    In this subtitle, “person” includes the State, any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivisions of the State, or any of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-402 - Purpose and Construction of Subtitle

    This subtitle is remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-403 - Jurisdiction

    (a)    Except for the District Court, a court of record within its jurisdiction may declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. An action or proceeding is not open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for.    (b)    The enumeration in §§ 3–406, 3–407, 3–408, and 3–408.1 of this subtitle does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in subsection (a) of this section in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought and in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-404 - Jury Trial

    The fact that a proceeding is brought under this subtitle does not affect a right to jury trial which otherwise may exist.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-405 - Parties; Role of Attorney General

    (a)    (1)    If declaratory relief is sought, a person who has or claims any interest which would be affected by the declaration, shall be made a party.        (2)    Except in a class action, the declaration may not prejudice the rights of any person not a party to the proceeding.    (b)    In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal or county ordinance or franchise, the municipality or county shall be made a party and is entitled to be heard.    (c)    If the statute, municipal or county ordinance, or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney General need not be made a party but, immediately after suit has been filed, shall be served with a copy of the proceedings by certified mail. He is entitled to be heard, submit his views in writing within a time deemed reasonable by the court, or seek intervention pursuant to the Maryland Rules.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-406 - Power to Construe

    Any person interested under a deed, will, trust, land patent, written contract, or other writing constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, administrative rule or regulation, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, administrative rule or regulation, land patent, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations under it.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-407 - Construction of Contracts Before or After Breach

    A contract may be construed before or after a breach of the contract.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-408 - Persons Entitled to Declaration of Rights or Legal Relations in Respect to Trust or Estate of Decedent

    Any person interested as or through a personal representative, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary of a trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, a minor, a disabled person, or an insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect to the trust or the estate of the decedent, minor, disabled person, or insolvent in order to:        (1)    Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;        (2)    Direct the personal representative, guardian, or other fiduciary or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or        (3)    Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-408.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-408.1 - Land Patent Proceedings

    (a)    In this section, “Commissioner”, “land”, and “patent” have the same meanings as provided in Title 13 of the Real Property Article.    (b)    A court shall render a declaratory judgment in a land patent proceeding on being requested to do so under § 13-407 of the Real Property Article. The party filing for the declaratory judgment shall attach as exhibits copies of any relevant material filed with the Commissioner.    (c)    The declaration shall be made according to the provisions of this subtitle and Title 13 of the Real Property Article. The declaratory judgment may be appealed as provided in this article and the Maryland Rules.    (d)    The declaration of the court shall be binding on all of the land, regardless of whether some of the land is located in a county other than where the court is located.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-409 - Discretionary Relief

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a court may grant a declaratory judgment or decree in a civil case, if it will serve to terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding, and if:        (1)    An actual controversy exists between contending parties;        (2)    Antagonistic claims are present between the parties involved which indicate imminent and inevitable litigation; or        (3)    A party asserts a legal relation, status, right, or privilege and this is challenged or denied by an adversary party, who also has or asserts a concrete interest in it.    (b)    If a statute provides a special form of remedy for a specific type of case, that statutory remedy shall be followed in lieu of a proceeding under this subtitle.    (c)    A party may obtain a declaratory judgment or decree notwithstanding a concurrent common-law, equitable, or extraordinary legal remedy, whether or not recognized or regulated by statute.    (d)    Proceeding by declaratory judgment is not permitted in any case in which divorce or annulment of marriage is sought.    (e)    A court may order a speedy hearing of an action of a declaratory judgment and may advance it on the calendar.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-410 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-410 - Costs

    In any proceeding under this subtitle the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-411 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-411 - Form and Effect of Declaration

    The declaration may be affirmative or negative in form and effect and has the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-412 - Supplementary Relief

    (a)    Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted if necessary or proper.    (b)    An application for further relief shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief.    (c)    If the application is sufficient, the court, on reasonable notice, shall require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree, to show cause why further relief should not be granted.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-413 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-413 - Severability

    The provisions of this subtitle, except the provisions of §§ 3-403(a), 3-406, and 3-411 of this subtitle, are severable. The finding by a court that a severable provision of this subtitle is invalid does not affect the validity or operation of the other provisions of this subtitle, unless the court finds that the lone remaining valid provisions are incomplete and incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-414 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-414 - Uniformity of Interpretation

    This subtitle shall be interpreted and construed to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-415 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 4 - Declaratory Judgment|Section 3-415 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 5 - Defamation|Section 3-501 - Defamatory Statement as to Chastity

    Any word spoken falsely and maliciously and likely to injure a woman’s character or reputation for chastity is slander.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 5 - Defamation|Section 3-502 - Action by Single or Married Woman or Husband

    (a)    A single or married woman whose character or reputation for chastity is defamed by any person may maintain an action against that person.    (b)    The husband may maintain an action of slander against any person for words spoken falsely and maliciously about his wife for her character or reputation for chastity before or during the marriage.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 5 - Defamation|Section 3-503 - Liability of Broadcasting Stations for Defamatory Statements of Candidate for Public Office -- Opponent

    An owner, licensee, or operator of a television or radio station or network of stations, and his agents or employees are not liable for a defamatory statement published or uttered over the facilities of the station or network of stations by a candidate for public office as to his opponents for the office he seeks, if the publication or utterance cannot be censored by the owner, licensee, or operator under any regulation of the Federal Communications Commission or a federal statute.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 5 - Defamation|Section 3-504 - Liability of Broadcasting Stations for Defamatory Statements of Candidate for Public Office -- Persons Other Than Opponent

    (a)    (1)    An owner, licensee, or operator of a television or radio station or network of stations and his agents or employees may be liable for a defamatory statement published or uttered over the facilities of the station or network of stations by a candidate for public office as to a person other than his opponent.        (2)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the liability is limited to compensation for actual damages sustained.    (b)    Upon proof of actual malice on part of the owner, licensee, or operator of the broadcasting station or network of stations and his agents or employees, punitive damages may be assessed.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 6 - Specific Enforcement|Section 3-601 - Specific Enforcement of Contract

    A court may not refuse to specifically enforce a contract on the ground that the party seeking specific enforcement has an adequate remedy in damages unless the party resisting specific enforcement shall:         (1)    Prove that the party has property from which the damages may be collected; or        (2)    Give bond in an amount to be determined by the court and with security approved by the court, to perform the contract or pay all costs and damages that may be adjudged for breach or nonperformance against the party resisting specific enforcement.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-701 - Power to Grant Writ and Exercise Jurisdiction

    A judge of the circuit court for a county, of the Court of Special Appeals, or of the Court of Appeals has the power to grant the writ of habeas corpus and exercise jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to habeas corpus.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-702 - Person Who May Apply for Writ

    (a)    A person committed, detained, confined, or restrained from his lawful liberty within the State for any alleged offense or under any color or pretense or any person in his behalf, may petition for the writ of habeas corpus to the end that the cause of the commitment, detainer, confinement, or restraint may be inquired into.    (b)    (1)    Upon receiving the petition, a judge shall grant the writ of habeas corpus immediately, if it appears that the petitioner is entitled to the relief, or shall immediately refer the application to any court in the judicial circuit in which the person confined was convicted, without taking any other action on the application.        (2)    An application may not be referred to any judge who presided at the trial at which the person was convicted, except with the written consent of the applicant or the person confined.        (3)    A court to which an application for a writ has been referred shall act immediately on the application and has no power to refer or transfer the application.        (4)    In exercising discretion, the judge to whom an application for a writ is made shall consider the interests and convenience of all parties concerned, including the State.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-703 - Discretion of Judge When Prior Writ Has Been Refused

    (a)    If it appears to the judge from the petition for the writ or otherwise, that a petitioner, confined as a result of sentence for a criminal offense or judgment in a juvenile proceeding has previously been given a hearing on a prior petition for release from confinement under the same commitment, it is discretionary with the judge whether or not to issue the writ.    (b)    In exercising his discretion the judge may consider whether new grounds of a substantial nature appear to exist for granting of the writ or whether the grounds for the issuance of any former writ were fully and adequately presented.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-704 - Inquiry Into Legality of Detention and Release or Remand

    (a)    On return of a writ of habeas corpus and production of a person and cause of his detention before a judge, the judge shall immediately inquire into the legality and propriety of the confinement or detention.    (b)    If it appears to the judge that the person is detained without legal warrant or authority, he shall release or discharge the person immediately.    (c)    If the judge considers the detention lawful and proper, the person shall be:        (1)    Remanded to custody; or        (2)    Admitted to bail.    (d)    If the person is admitted to bail, the judge shall take a recognizance for his appearance in court and transmit it to a court having jurisdiction over the offense charged.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-705 - Persons Discharged Not to Be Imprisoned for Same Offense

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who has been released on habeas corpus may not be imprisoned or committed in connection with the same offense.    (b)    A person who has been released on habeas corpus may be imprisoned or committed in connection with the same offense:        (1)    By order of the court for violation of the terms of his release;        (2)    By order of any court having jurisdiction over the case;        (3)    Upon surrender by his bondsman; or        (4)    Upon his conviction.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  3-706 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action|Subtitle 7 - Habeas Corpus|Section 3-706 - Discharge for Unconstitutionality of Law

    (a)    If a person is released or discharged by a judge under the writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the law under which the person was convicted is unconstitutional, in whole or in part, the judge shall file a memorandum within five days after the release or discharge and transmit it with original papers in the case to the clerk of the Court of Special Appeals.    (b)    (1)    The Court of Special Appeals shall consider the memorandum and the original papers at the earliest feasible time and render its opinion.        (2)    The opinion has the same effect as an opinion filed in a case formally heard and determined by the court on an appeal.