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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="27-101" title_number="27" title_name="Judges' Retirement System" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions and General Provisions">
  <text>In this title, “termination of service” includes:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>retirement at the age required by Article IV, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>voluntary retirement;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>resignation because of disability;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>retirement by order of the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>resignation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>nonelection or nonconfirmation when election or confirmation is required;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>expiration of term without reappointment; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>abolition of the member’s office.</text>
  </level>
</section>
