ART. 16] PLEADING, PRACTICE AND PROCESS. 419

Pleading, Practice and Process.

1888, art. 16, sec. 117. Rule 1. 1690, ch. 424.

130. The circuit courts for the several counties of this State,
and the circuit court of the city of Baltimore, and the circuit
court number two of the city of Baltimore, as courts of equity,
shall be deemed and taken to be always open for the transaction
of business therein, and the several regular terms of said courts
for the return of process and other practical purposes shall be
of two months' duration, and shall commence in the counties
on the first Monday of January, of March, of May, of July, of
September, and of November of each year; and in Baltimore
city shall commence on the second Monday of January, of
March, of May, of July, of September, and of November of
each year.

Ibid. sec. 118. Rule 2.

131. The several clerks of said courts shall receive and file
all papers pertaining to said courts, respectively, and shall keep
substantial dockets, and make all proper entries therein, of
papers filed, and of the proceedings of the said courts, as they
occur; so that the docket entries shall always show, as near as
possible, the real condition and progress of the proceedings.

Ibid. sec. 119. Rule 3.

132. All original proceedings in said courts shall be com-
menced by bill, or by special case stated, as hereinafter pro-
vided for; the term "bill" to. embrace petition or information,
where, by statute, or the established practice, petition or inform-
ation be proper.

Ibid. sec. 120. Rule 4.

133. No order or process shall be made or issued upon any
bill, petition or other paper, until such bill, petition, or other
paper, together with all the exhibits referred to as parts thereof,
be actually filed with the clerk of the court.

Chappell v. Clark, 94 Md. 179. Aukam v. Zantzinger, 94 Md. 425. Reich-
ard v. Izer, 9,5 Md. 466.

Ibid. sec. 121. Rule 6

134. All process, other than process to give notice to, or to
procure the appearance of defendants, shall be made returnable
to the first day of the term ensuing the date of such process ;
and all process that may be issued for the appearance^of parties,
or to compel appearance, shall be made returnable in the several
counties on the first Monday of the month ensuing the date of
its issue, and in Baltimore city shall be made returnable on the
second Monday of the month ensuing the date of its issue, but