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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 2 - CIVIL PROCEDURE - CIRCUIT COURT
CHAPTER 100 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION AND PROCESS
AMEND Rule 2-126 to add a Committee note following section
(e) and to make a certain stylistic change, as follows:
Rule 2-126. PROCESS - RETURN
. . .
(e) Return to Include Process
A return shall include a copy of the process if served and
or the original process if not served.
Committee note: Rule 1-202 defines “process” as “any written
order issued by a court to secure compliance with its commands or
to require action by any person and includes a summons, subpoena,
an order of publication, a commission or other writ.”
. . .
REPORTER’S NOTE
Proposed amendments to Rules 2-126 and 3-126 add a Committee
note that contains the definition of “process” set forth in Rule
1-202. The Rule change is proposed in response to correspondence
from Hon. Dana M. Levitz, who has noticed that requests for
orders of default are being made without a return of service of
process having been made.
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