Nu Car Carriers, Inc. v. Everett

The Annotated Code of Maryland, Courts Article, § 12-301, provides in part that, “ * * * a party may appeal from a final judgment entered in a civil * * * case by a circuit court.” The term “final judgment” is defined in § 12-101 (f) to mean “ * * * a judgment, decree, sentence, order, determination, decision, or other action by a court, including an orphans’ court, from which an appeal, application for leave to appeal, or petition for certiorari may be taken.” The apparent dilemma created by defining a phrase in terms of the thing being defined is explained by a Revisor’s Note under…