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Appeals In Contempt Cases

18.    Right Of Appeal.

Any person may appeal to the Court of Appeals from any order
or judgment passed to preserve the power or to vindicate the dignity
of the court and adjudging him in contempt of court. Upon such
appeal, in cases of both direct and constructive contempt, the Court
of Appeals shall consider and pass upon the law and the facts and
shall make such order as to it may seem proper, including the re-
versal or modification of the order from which the appeal was taken.

Appeals In Custody Cases

19.    Right Of Appeal.

Any party to the proceedings, aggrieved by an order of any court
of this State the effect of which is to deprive any parent, grand-
parent or natural guardian of the care and custody of a child, may
appeal to the Court of Appeals from such order. Upon any such appeal
the facts of the case shall be reviewed by the Court of Appeals as in
appeals from final decrees entered by courts of equity.

Appeals From Commissioner Of The Land Office

20.    Right Of Appeal.

Any party may appeal to the Court of Appeals from any judg-
ment, final order or determination made by the Commissioner of the
Land Office in any case affecting the title to lands.

Certiorari

21.    Certiorari To Secure Uniformity Of Decision.

In any case, civil or criminal, in which a final judgment has been
rendered by the circuit court of any county or by one of the courts
of Baltimore City upon appeal from a Justice of the Peace, People's
Court, Trial Magistrate or Traffic Court Magistrate, if it shall be
made to appear to the Court of Appeals upon petition of any party
that a review is necessary to secure uniformity of decision, as where
the same statute has been construed differently by the courts of two
or more circuits, or that there are other special circumstances render-
ing it desirable and in the public interest that the case should be
reviewed, the Court of Appeals shall require, by certiorari or other-
wise, any such case to be certified to the court of Appeals for its
review and determination.

General Provisions

22.    Joinder Of Co-Plaintiffs And Co-Defendants Not Required.

An appeal to the Court of Appeals authorized by law may be taken
with or without the assent or joinder in such appeal of co-plaintiffs
or co-defendants or other parties.

23. Costs In Appeals To Which State Or State Agencies Are
Parties.

In appeals from executive, administrative or judicial decisions,
or actions, civil or criminal, of the State of Maryland, its instru-