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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="Court Structure and Organization" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words or terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Circuit court” means the circuit court for a county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Judge” means a judge of a court.</text>
  </level>
</section>
