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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-107" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <text>The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust are determined by:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms unless the designation of that jurisdiction’s law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>In the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue.</text>
  </level>
</section>
