Definitions.) As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
     (a) “Bank or trust company” means any state bank, any national bank, any trust company or any other corporation, qualified to act as a fiduciary in this State.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 760 ILCS 45/2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (b) “Affiliate” means any state bank, any national bank, any trust company or any other corporation, which is qualified to act as a fiduciary in this or any other State, and which is a member of the same affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) of which the bank or trust company maintaining the particular common trust fund is a member.
     (c) “Fiduciary” means a bank or trust company or an affiliate acting in any of the following capacities, namely: testamentary trustee, trustee appointed by any court, trustee or agent under any written agreement, declaration or instrument of trust, executor, administrator, guardian, or custodian under a uniform transfers to minors act.
     (d) “Common trust fund” means a fund maintained by a bank or trust company exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of moneys contributed thereto by the bank or trust company or any affiliate thereof, in the capacity of a fiduciary or co-fiduciary.
     (e) “Custodian under a uniform transfers to minors act”, means an account which the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States has determined is established pursuant to a State law which is substantially similar to the “Illinois Uniform Transfers to Minors Act” and with respect to which account the bank or trust company serving as custodian has established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States that it has duties and responsibilities similar to duties and responsibilities of a trustee or guardian.