The Judicial power of this State is vested in a Supreme Court of Maryland, such intermediate courts of appeal as the General Assembly may create by law, Circuit Courts, Orphans' Courts, and a District Court. These Courts shall be Courts of Record, and each shall have a seal to be used in the authentication of all process issuing from it.

Acts 1966, c. 10, ratified Nov. 8, 1966; Acts 1969, c. 789, ratified Nov. 3, 1970; Acts 1977, c. 681, eff. Nov. 7, 1978; Acts 1980, c. 523, eff. Nov. 4, 1980. Amended by Acts 2021, c. 82, § 1, ratified Nov. 8, 2022, eff. Dec. 14, 2022; Acts 2021, c. 83, § 1, ratified Nov. 8, 2022, eff. Dec. 14, 2022.