{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-10-909","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 10–909","heading":"","body":"(a) Patented land is not required to be stated by the patented name in a declaration in an action at law. It may be described by abuttals, course and distance, or a name by which it was acquired. The description shall be certain enough to identify the land.\n(b) When title of patented land is questioned, a party is not required to prove that the land was patented. A patent shall be presumed in favor of the party showing a title otherwise good.\n(c) Acts of exclusive user and ownership are admissible to prove possession. Actual evidence of enclosure is not necessary for this proof.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=10-909","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"2e09922c8eac1880797f3c713215d20b0512cd09800f3960b1d970ac1cbc2cf6","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-10-908","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-10-910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}