Section 6-201 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-201. Definitions.
 

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

(b)  Break.- "Break" retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle. 

(c)  Burglar's tool.-  

(1) "Burglar's tool" means a tool, instrument, or device adapted, designed, or used to commit or facilitate the commission of a burglary crime. 

(2) "Burglar's tool" includes: 

(i) a picklock, key, crowbar, prybar, jack, or bit; 

(ii) explosive material including nitroglycerine, dynamite, or gunpowder; and 

(iii) a device capable of burning through metal, concrete, or other solid material, including an acetylene torch, electric arc, burning bar, thermal lance, or oxygen lance. 

(d)  Crime of violence.- "Crime of violence" has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of this article. 

(e)  Dwelling.- "Dwelling" retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle. 

(f)  Enter.- "Enter" retains its judicially determined meaning except to the extent that its meaning is expressly or impliedly changed in this subtitle. 

(g)  Firearm.-  

(1) "Firearm" includes: 

(i) a handgun, antique firearm, rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, and short-barreled rifle, as those terms are defined in § 4-201 of this article; 

(ii) a machine gun, as defined in § 4-401 of this article; and 

(iii) a regulated firearm, as defined in § 5-101 of the Public Safety Article. 

(2) "Firearm" does not include a firearm that has been modified to be permanently inoperative. 

(h)  Storehouse.-  

(1) "Storehouse" retains its judicially determined meaning. 

(2) "Storehouse" includes: 

(i) a building or other construction, or a watercraft; 

(ii) a barn, stable, pier, wharf, and any facility attached to a pier or wharf; 

(iii) a storeroom or public building; and 

(iv) a trailer, aircraft, vessel, or railroad car. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 28; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; 2003, ch. 17.]