Section 10-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-101. Definitions.
 

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

(b)  Admission to the Bar.- "Admission to the Bar" means, unless the context requires otherwise, authorization by the Court of Appeals to practice law in the State. 

(c)  Attorney at law.- "Attorney at law" means a lawyer who, while practicing law, represents another person. 

(d)  Bar.- "Bar" means, unless the context requires otherwise, the Bar of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. 

(e)  Board.- "Board" means the State Board of Law Examiners. 

(f)  Court.-  

(1) "Court" means, unless the context requires otherwise: 

(i) the Court of Appeals; 

(ii) the Court of Special Appeals; 

(iii) a circuit court; and 

(iv) the District Court of Maryland. 

(2) "Court" does not include: 

(i) an orphans' court; or 

(ii) the Maryland Tax Court. 

(g)  Lawyer.- "Lawyer" means an individual who is admitted to the Bar. 

(h)  Practice law.-  

(1) "Practice law" means to engage in any of the following activities: 

(i) giving legal advice; 

(ii) representing another person before a unit of the State government or of a political subdivision; or 

(iii) performing any other service that the Court of Appeals defines as practicing law. 

(2) "Practice law" includes: 

(i) advising in the administration of probate of estates of decedents in an orphans' court of the State; 

(ii) preparing an instrument that affects title to real estate; 

(iii) preparing or helping in the preparation of any form or document that is filed in a court or affects a case that is or may be filed in a court; or 

(iv) giving advice about a case that is or may be filed in a court. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 10, §§ 1, 30; 1989, ch. 3, § 1.]