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§ 1-101. Definitions

West's Annotated Code of MarylandReal PropertyEffective: October 1, 2020

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Real Property (Refs & Annos)
Title 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Real Property, § 1-101
§ 1-101. Definitions
Currentness
In general
(a) In this article the following words have the meanings indicated unless otherwise apparent from context.
County
(b) “County” includes Baltimore City.
Deed
(c) “Deed” includes any deed, grant, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, assignment, and release, pertaining to land or property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto, including an interest in rents and profits from rents.
Deed of trust
(d) “Deed of trust” means only a deed of trust which secures a debt or the performance of an obligation, and does not include a voluntary grant unrelated to security purposes.
Grant
(e) “Grant” includes conveyance, assignment, and transfer.
Land
(f) “Land” has the same meaning as “property”.
Landlord
(g) “Landlord” means any landlord, including a “lessor”.
Lease
(h) “Lease” means any oral or written agreement, express or implied, creating a landlord and tenant relationship, including any “sublease” and any further sublease.
Mortgage
(i) “Mortgage” means any mortgage, including a deed in the nature of mortgage.
Person
(j) “Person” includes 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.
Property
(k) “Property” means real property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto.
Purchaser
(l) “Purchaser” has the same meaning as buyer or vendee.
Tenant
(m) “Tenant” means any tenant including a “lessee”.
Vendor
(n) “Vendor” has the same meaning as seller.

Credits

Added by Acts 1974, c. 12, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1988, c. 6, § 1; Acts 1992, c. 596; Acts 1993, c. 274; Acts 2017, c. 520, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 521, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, c. 787, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2020, c. 423, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 424, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
Formerly Art. 21, §§ 1-101, 8-401.
MD Code, Real Property, § 1-101, MD REAL PROP § 1-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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