Maryland Criminal Procedure Section 11-801

      (a)      In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

      (b)      "Board" means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

      (c)      "Claimant" means the person filing a claim under this subtitle.

      (d)      (1)      "Crime" means:

                  (i)      except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a criminal offense under state, federal, or common law that is committed in:

                        1.      this State; or

                        2.      another state against a resident of this State; or

                  (ii)      an act of international terrorism as defined in Title 18, § 2331 of the United States Code that is committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State.

            (2)      "Crime" does not include an act involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle unless the act is:

                  (i)      a violation of § 20-102, § 20-104, § 21-902, or § 21-904 of the Transportation Article; or

                  (ii)      operating a motor vehicle or vessel that results in an intentional injury.

      (e)      "Dependent" means:

            (1)      a surviving spouse or child of a person; or

            (2)      a person who is dependent on another person for principal support.

      (f)      "Victim" means a person:

            (1)      who suffers physical injury or death as a result of a crime or delinquent act;

            (2)      who suffers psychological injury as a direct result of:

                  (i)      a fourth degree sexual offense or a delinquent act that would be a fourth degree sexual offense if committed by an adult;

                  (ii)      a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

                  (iii)      physical injury or death directly resulting from a crime or delinquent act; or

            (3)      who suffers physical injury or death as a direct result of:

                  (i)      trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the person's presence;

                  (ii)      trying to apprehend an offender who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the person's presence or had committed a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

                  (iii)      helping a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's duties or helping a member of a fire department who is being obstructed from performing the member's duties.