Constitution of Maryland

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governing document state constitution

The Constitution of Maryland is the fundamental governing document that outlines the structure, powers, and functions of the state government and guarantees rights to its citizens.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Maryland Constitution 3
Constitution of Maryland (1851) 1
Maryland Constitution of 1776 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn 1867-09-18 ⓘ
amendedBy constitutional amendment ⓘ
amendmentProcess legislative proposal and voter ratification ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
containsArticle Declaration of Rights ⓘ
Education ⓘ
Executive branch ⓘ
surface form: Executive Department

Finance and Taxation ⓘ
Judiciary Department ⓘ
Legislative Department ⓘ
Suffrage and Elections ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
definesOffice Attorney General of Maryland ⓘ
Comptroller of Maryland ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland ⓘ
Treasurer of Maryland ⓘ
judges of Maryland courts ⓘ
members of the Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1867-10-05 ⓘ
establishesBody Governor of Maryland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland Court of Appeals

Appellate Court of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland Court of Special Appeals

District Court of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland District Court

Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
Circuit Courts of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland circuit courts
governsBranch executive branch of Maryland ⓘ
judicial branch of Maryland ⓘ
legislative branch of Maryland ⓘ
guaranteesRight due process of law ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
protection against unreasonable searches and seizures ⓘ
right to participate in government through elections ⓘ
trial by jury ⓘ
hasPreamble yes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Maryland ⓘ
lowerHouse Maryland House of Delegates ⓘ
numberOfArticles 17 ⓘ
ratifiedBy voters of Maryland ⓘ
regulates local government structure in Maryland ⓘ
public education system of Maryland ⓘ
state elections in Maryland ⓘ
taxation powers of Maryland ⓘ
replaced Constitution of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Maryland (1851)
structureOfLegislature bicameral ⓘ
subjectOf Maryland constitutional law ⓘ
upperHouse Maryland Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maryland General Assembly → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Maryland House of Delegates → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Maryland Senate → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Governor of Maryland → createdBy → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Constitution of 1776
Circuit Courts of Maryland → governedBy → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Constitution
Appellate Court of Maryland → governingDocument → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Constitution
Government of Maryland → governingDocument → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Maryland → interprets → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Attorney General of Maryland → legalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Governor of Maryland → legalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates → legalBasis → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Constitution
Comptroller of Maryland → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
President of the Senate of Maryland → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ
Constitution of Maryland → replaced → Constitution of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Maryland (1851)
Governor of Maryland → subordinateTo → Constitution of Maryland ⓘ