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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch.

DETERMINED BY THE [[LAWS OF ENGLAND IN THE]]

[[ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS THERE]] ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

OF ENGLAND.

(B)
PROPERTY.

DETERMINATION

OR DIVISION OF PERSONAL

A COURT GRANTING A LIMITED OR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
MAY DETERMINE THE OWNERSHIP OF PERSONAL PROPERTY,
OTHER THAN CHATTELS REAL, HELD, POSSESSED, OR CLAIMED
BY A PARTY TO THE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THAT DETERMINATION MAY:

(1)   MAKE A DIVISION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
BETWEEN THE PARTIES;

(2)    ORDER A SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND
A DIVISION OF PROCEEDS; OR

(3)   MAKE ANY OTHER DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY IT DEEMS PROPER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Art. 16, §2, the first
provision of Art. 16, §22, the last two
provisions of Art. 16, §24, and Art. 16,
§29 of the Code.

The venue provisions of Art. 16, §22 are
allocated to Title 6 (Jurisdiction, Venue,
Process and Practice).

The provisions of §24 providing for
division of property by a court granting an
absolute divorce on the ground of
separation for five years were held
unconstitutional in Buckheit v. Buckheit,
10 Md. App. 526 (1970). They were repealed
by Ch. 699, Acts of 1973.

SUBTITLE 7. HABEAS CORPUS.

SEC. 3-701.
JURISDICTION.

POWER TO GRANT WRIT

AND

EXERCISE

A JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR A COUNTY, OF THE
SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY, OF THE COURT OF
SPECIAL APPEALS, OR OF THE COURT OF APPEALS HAS THE
POWER TO GRANT THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND EXERCISE
JURISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO HABEAS
CORPUS.