Md. Code, Real Property § 5-101
This is the official text of Md. Code, Real Property § 5-101, part of Maryland’s Code, Real Property — governs real estate transactions and landlord-tenant law.
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§5–101.
Official statutory text
Every corporeal estate, leasehold or freehold, or incorporeal interest in land created by parol and not in writing and signed by the party creating it, or his agent lawfully authorized by writing, has the force and effect of an estate or interest at will only, and has no other or greater force or effect, either in law or equity.
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