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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="12-101.1" title_number="12" title_name="Statutory Trusts" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <text>The use of the designation “business trust” or a statement in a certificate of trust or governing instrument executed on or before May 31, 2010, to the effect that a trust is or will qualify as a Maryland business trust within the meaning of or in accordance with this title may not create a presumption or an inference that the trust is a business trust for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code.</text>
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