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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-1402" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Contribution Among Joint Tort-Feasors Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The right of contribution exists among joint tort-feasors.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A joint tort-feasor is not entitled to a money judgment for contribution until the joint tort-feasor has by payment discharged the common liability or has paid more than a pro rata share of the common liability.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A joint tort-feasor who enters into a settlement with the injured person is not entitled to recover contribution from another joint tort-feasor whose liability to the injured person is not extinguished by the settlement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
