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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-212" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Admission to Bar">
  <text>On admission to the Bar, a lawyer shall take the following oath or affirmation in open court:</text>
  <text>“I do solemnly (swear) (affirm) that I will at all times demean myself fairly and honorably as an attorney and practitioner at law; that I will bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and support the laws and Constitution thereof, and that I will bear true allegiance to the United States, and that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution, laws and government thereof as the supreme law of the land; any law, or ordinance of this or any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”</text>
</section>
