Section 10-101 - Definitions.
§ 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.]