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that means only that the Commission has approved the four-
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tier structure of the Judiciary Department in Maryland.
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That is, that there be a top court, the Supreme Court,
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and an intermediate appellate court, one nisi prius court
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of general jurisdiction throughout the State and one
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court of limited jurisdiction throughout the State. Al-
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though this is a matter of policy which governs this
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particular document and which has been adopted by the
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Commission, it is. of course, only a tentative adoption
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because until the entire Constitution is put together and
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considered by the Commission as a whole, it will not be
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finally adopted.
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One last word: There is in the Commission a
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Committee on Style. The function of this committee is
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twofold. It has laid out initially certain guidelines for
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the general guidance of the draftsmen of each committee.
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in addition, every draft before being considered final
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by the Commission will be reviewed by the Committee on
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Style, so that we will end up with one document, even
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though parts of it may have been drafted by eight differ-
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ent committees. For that reason, we are not particularly
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