Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions; Short Title and Definitions; General Scope and Terms
Section 22-106 - Rules of Construction

(a)    This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies to:
        (1)    Support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions;
        (2)    Clarify the law governing computer information transactions;
        (3)    Enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties;
        (4)    Promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this title among states that enact it; and
        (5)    Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.
    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in § 22-113(a) of this subtitle, the use of mandatory language or the absence of a phrase such as “unless otherwise agreed” in a provision of this title does not preclude the parties from varying the effect of the provision by agreement.
    (c)    The fact that a provision of this title imposes a condition for a result does not by itself mean that the absence of that condition yields a different result.
    (d)    To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless required by applicable law.

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