Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 9-101
This is the official text of Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 9-101, part of Maryland’s Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings — governs court structure and civil procedure.
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§9–101.
Official statutory text
Unless otherwise provided in this subtitle:
(1) A person shall not be excluded from testifying in a proceeding because of incapacity from crime or interest in the matter in question; and
(2) Litigants and their spouses are competent and compellable to give evidence.
(1) A person shall not be excluded from testifying in a proceeding because of incapacity from crime or interest in the matter in question; and
(2) Litigants and their spouses are competent and compellable to give evidence.
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