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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 30/3

  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
     Upon the issuance of a certificate of incorporation and the recording of the same and the articles of incorporation as herein required, said corporation shall be deemed fully organized, and may proceed to carry out its corporate purposes, and to receive by conveyance or transfer from the trustees under such will, deed or other instrument the property thereby provided as aforesaid for the endowment of such educational institution and may hold the same in whatever form it may have been conveyed by or received from said trustees until such form shall be changed by the legal act of said corporation.