Maryland · Maryland Code — Transportation Article
Md. Code, Transp. § 11-158: (a) “Semitrailer” means, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a vehicle that: (1) Has no motive power; (2) Is designed to carry people or property and to be towed by a motor vehicle; and (3) Is constructed so that some of its weight and load rests on or is carried by another vehicle
What this law says, in plain English
A semitrailer is an unpowered vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, carrying people or property with some weight resting on the towing vehicle. Pole trailers are excluded from this definition.
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