# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 8. Juries and Jurors

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 8-101

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

(a-1) "Active duty" has the meaning stated in Sec. 9-901 of the State Government Article.

(b) "Breast-feeding mother" means a mother who is feeding her child breast milk, either directly from her breast or by expressing and bottle-feeding the child.

(c)

  (1) "Jury commissioner" means an individual who is designated under a jury plan to manage jury selection and service.

  (2) "Jury commissioner" includes an acting jury commissioner who is designated in accordance with a jury plan.

(d) "Jury plan" means a plan that the circuit court for a county adopts under this title to govern jury selection and service for the county.

(e) "Prospective juror" means an individual whose name is selected from a source pool but who has not yet been screened for disqualification, excusal, or exemption.

(f) "Qualified juror" means an individual who, after selection as a prospective juror, is not disqualified, excused, or exempted.

(g) "Source pool" means a pool from which the name of each prospective juror is to be selected as provided under a jury plan.

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