# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 1. Court Structure and Organization

### Subtitle 1. Definitions

#### Section 1-101

(a) In this title the following words or terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Circuit court" means the circuit court for a county.

(c) "Court" means the Supreme Court of Maryland, Appellate Court of Maryland, circuit court, and District Court of Maryland, or any of them, unless the context clearly requires a contrary meaning. It does not include an orphans' court, or the Maryland Tax Court.

(d) "Judge" means a judge of a court.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)