2019 Maryland Code
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 3 - Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action
Subtitle 5 - Defamation
§ 3-502. Action by single or married woman or husband

    (a)    A single or married woman whose character or reputation for chastity is defamed by any person may maintain an action against that person.

    (b)    The husband may maintain an action of slander against any person for words spoken falsely and maliciously about his wife for her character or reputation for chastity before or during the marriage.

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