ARTICLE 52.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
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Qualification.
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18. Warrant of arrest not interfered with
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1. Oath; bond.
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and supersedes summons.
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2. Recording bond.
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3. Not to act before taking; penalty.
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Docket.
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4. Accepting office under United States
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19. Must be kept by justice; copies to
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government; penalty.
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parties;
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20. Failure to keep; penalty.
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New Election Districts and New Wards
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21. Index; penalty.
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of Baltimore City.
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22. Delivery to clerk of court upon vaca-
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5. Justices for new election districts and
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tion of office; penalty.
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new wards.
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23. Delivery of docket in case of death;
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penalty.
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Civil Jurisdiction.
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24. To be kept by clerks as other records.
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25. Process upon docket entry by another
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6. What justice has jurisdiction.
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justice of same :county.
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7. To what cases it extends; proviso.
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8. To what cases it does not extend.
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Process and Practice.
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9. Not to exercise in cases of trespass
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where defendant claims title to
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26. Blank summons not to issue; penalty.
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lands.
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27. Process issued:in civil cases to be sum-
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10. Extends to cases where administra-
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mons.
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tors are parties; exception.
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28. Failure on part of defendant to appear.
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11. Denial of assets by administrator.
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29. More than one defendant; appear-
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12. Concurrent jurisdiction with circuit
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. ance of some and non-appearance of
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courts, when.
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others.
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30. Summons for witness.
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Criminal Jurisdiction.
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31. Failure to appear; penalty.
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13. Jurisdiction of justices over minor of-
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32. Postponement.
33. Trial ex parte.
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fenses; process; sentence; accused
to be informed of right to jury
trial; appeal to court; recognizance;
commission to jail upon default of;
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34. No special pleading.
35. Death or disqualification of justice.
36. Notice previous to return before an-
other justice.
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duty of sheriff.
14. Power to suspend sentence and to
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37. Representatvie character, incorpora-
tion and signature taken as admitted
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parole.
15. Party for whom warrant is issued, who
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unless denied, etc.; how denial may
be made; continuance of case.
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escapes to another county or city.
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16. Amendment of information, warrant,
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docket entries, etc.
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Judgments.
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17. Summons or notice to accused;
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38. To be entered within three days.
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amendment thereof; jurisdiction.
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39. To carry interest.
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As to procedure before justices of peace in landlord and tenant cases, see art. 53.
As to appeals from justices of the peace, see art. 5, sec. 93, et seq.
As to jurisdiction of justices of the peace in cases of adulteration of food and drink,
see art. 43, sec. 188.
As to duties of justices of the peace in contested election cases and their compensa-
tion, see art. 33, secs. 186 and 195.
As to bastardy proceedings before a justice of the peace, see art. 12.
As to fees chargeable by justices of the peace, see art. 36, sec. 20, et seq.
See art. 4, secs. 42 and 43, of the Md. Constitution.
