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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Yes, under Maryland Rule

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709 the waiver can be had, and I think the procedure here

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if without any special statute has been that they could

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waive if they wanted to and they could waive under this.

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They could waive jury trial, waive a lot of the rights

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that they have.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bothe.

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DELEGATE BOTHE: Have you any authority in support

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o f that contention?

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Some rights are waivable, others are not.

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: There are a lot of rights

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that we can waive in this world.

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DELEGATE BOTHE: That is your reply?

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: I could waive the right

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to talk back to my wife and let her go off in the

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wrong direction but sometimes I talk back to her.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Ei. J. Clarke.

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DELEGATE E. J. CLARKE: I suggest the absence

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of a quorum.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The clerk will ring the quorum

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bell.