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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1701" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Denial of Credit -- Disclosure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Adverse action” means a denial or revocation of credit, a change in the terms of an existing credit arrangement, or a refusal to grant credit in substantially the amount or on substantially the terms requested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Adverse action” does not include a refusal to extend additional credit under an existing credit arrangement where the applicant is delinquent or otherwise in default, or where such additional credit would exceed a previously established credit limit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“File” means file as defined in § 14–1201(h) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Lender” or “credit grantor” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any lender or credit grantor regulated under Title 12 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A credit union making a loan under § 6–601(e) of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
