30                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 11

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

The Commission to Revise the Annotated Code, in
compiling Title 1 of the Estates and Trusts Article,
concluded that certain provisions of present law
originally allocated to Title 1 are repetitious,
obsolete, or more properly allocable elsewhere.
Accordingly, these provisions are embodied in Title 1.
Their proposed treatment is as follows:

Section in Art. 93: Treatment: Comment:

§ 1-104                          Repeal Provisions

contained in
Art. 1, §§7
and 8.

§ 1-105 (b) Repeal Severability.

TITLE 2. THE COURT.

SUBTITLE 1. THE PROBATE COURT.

2-101. MEANING OF COURT.

IN THE ESTATES OF DECEDENTS LAW, THE     WORD    COURT

MEANS THE ORPHANS' COURT IN A COUNTY,     OF THE  COURT

EXERCISING THE JURISDICTION OF THE ORPHANS'     COURT     IN A
COUNTY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, §2-101. The only changes are in
style and language.

2-102. JURISDICTION OF COURT.

(A)   POWERS.

THE COURT MAY CONDUCT JUDICIAL PROBATE, DIRECT THE
CONDUCT OF A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, AND PASS ORDERS
WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED IN THE COURSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION
OF AN ESTATE OF A DECEDENT. IT MAY SUMMON WITNESSES.
THE COURT SHALL NOT, UNDER PRETEXT OF INCIDENTAL POWER OR
CONSTRUCTIVE AUTHORITY, EXERCISE ANY JURISDICTION NOT
EXPRESSLY CONFERRED.

(B)   RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY.

THE COURT MAY NOT ESTABLISH RULES OF PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE INCONSISTENT WITH THE MARYLAND RULES OR WITH
ANY STATUTE.

(C)   RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PERSON.