<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>In this article the following words have the meanings indicated unless otherwise apparent from context.</text> </level> <level label="a–1"> <text>“Active service member” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“County” includes Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Deed” includes any deed, grant, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, assignment, and release, pertaining to land or property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto, including an interest in rents and profits from rents.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Deed of trust” means a deed of trust that secures a debt or the performance of an obligation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Deed of trust” does not include a voluntary grant unrelated to security purposes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Grant” includes conveyance, assignment, and transfer.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Land” means property.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Land record” means any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Landlord” means any landlord, including a lessor.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Lease” means any oral or written agreement, express or implied, creating a landlord and tenant relationship, including any sublease and any further sublease.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Mortgage” means any mortgage, including a deed in the nature of mortgage.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Person” includes an individual, a receiver, a trustee, a guardian, an executor, an administrator, a fiduciary, or a representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity.</text> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“Property” means real property or any interest in real property.</text> </level> <level label="m"> <text>“Purchaser” means a buyer or vendee.</text> </level> <level label="n"> <text>“Tenant” means any tenant including a lessee.</text> </level> <level label="o"> <text>“Vendor” means a seller.</text> </level> </section> <section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="1-102" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="1"> <text>Unless otherwise expressly provided, whenever this article states that a fact is presumed, the presumption is rebuttable.</text> </section> <section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="1-103" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="1"> <text>Unless otherwise expressly provided, any obligation imposed on or right granted to any person automatically is binding on or inures to the benefit of his assigns, successors, heirs, legatees, and personal representatives. However, this section is not to be construed to create or confer any rights of assignment where none would exist otherwise.</text> </section> <section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="1-104" title_number="1" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="1"> <text>Any person may vary, by agreement, the effect of any provision in this article, except (1) as provided in this article, (2) the agreement may not affect the rights of persons not parties to or otherwise bound by the agreement, and (3) as provided by § 1-103 of this title.</text> </section>