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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 8 - APPELLATE REVIEW IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
AND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
CHAPTER 500 - RECORD EXTRACT, BRIEFS, AND ARGUMENT
AMEND Rule 8-503 (b) to allow certain references in briefs
only under certain circumstances and to require certain
information on the cover page of a brief in an appeal from a
decision of a trial court, as follows:
Rule 8-503. STYLE AND FORM OF BRIEFS
(a) Numbering of Pages; Binding
The pages of a brief shall be consecutively numbered. The
brief shall be securely bound along the left margin.
(b) References
References to the record extract shall be indicated
as (E ........), to any appendix to appellant's brief as (App
........), to an appendix to appellee's brief as (Apx ........),
and to an appendix to a reply brief as (Rep. App ........). Any
If the case falls within an exception listed in Rule 8-501 (b),
references to material not included in the record extract or an
appendix to the transcript of testimony contained in the record
shall be indicated as (T ........) for references to the
transcript of testimony contained in the record and other
references to the record shall be indicated as (R ........) for
other references to the record.
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