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RULE 18-200.3. DEFINITIONS

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West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Maryland Rules
Title 18. Judges and Judicial Appointees
Chapter 200. Maryland Code of Conduct for Judicial Appointees
General Provisions, Scope, and Definitions [Rules 18-200.1 to 18-200.3]
MD Rules Judges, Rule 18-200.3
RULE 18-200.3. DEFINITIONS
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(a) Judicial Appointee. “Judicial appointee” means:
(1) an auditor, examiner, or magistrate appointed by a court of this State; and
Cross reference: See Rules 2-541, 2-542, and 2-543.
(2) a District Court commissioner appointed pursuant to Article IV, § 41G of the Maryland Constitution.
Cross reference: For the definition of “judicial appointee” for purposes of filing a financial disclosure statement, see Rule 18-604.
(b) Member of Judicial Appointee's Family. “Member of judicial appointee's family” means a spouse, domestic partner, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, or other relative or individual with whom the judicial appointee maintains a close familial relationship.
(c) Member of Judicial Appointee's Household. “Member of judicial appointee's household” means:
(1) if sharing the judicial appointee's legal residence, the judicial appointee's spouse, domestic partner, child, ward, financially dependent parent, or other financially dependent relative; or
(2) the judicial appointee's spouse, domestic partner, child, ward, parent, or other relative over whose financial affairs the judicial appointee has legal or actual control.
(d) Other Definitions. As to a judicial appointee, “domestic partner,” “fiduciary,” “gift,” “impartial, impartiality, and impartially,” “impending matter,” “independence,” “knowingly, knowledge, known, and knows,” “pending matter,” “significant financial interest,” and “third degree of relationship” have the meanings set forth, respectively, in Rule 18-100.3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), and (l) of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct.
Source: This Rule is derived from the Definitions Section of former Rule 16-814 (2016).

Credits

[Adopted June 6, 2016, eff. July 1, 2016.]
MD Judges, Rule 18-200.3, MD R JUDGES Rule 18-200.3
Current with amendments received through February 1, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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