§ 105 ILCS 5/10-1 Board of school directors
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-2 Corporate powers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-3 Eligibility of directors
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-4 Election of directors
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-5 Organization of board – Report to treasurer and regional superintendent of schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-6 Regular and special meetings
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-7 Secretary or clerk to record official acts – yeas and nays on expenditures
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-8 Report by secretary or clerk to treasurer
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-9 Interest of board member in contracts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-10 Board of education; term; vacancy
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-10.5 Community unit school district or combined school district formation; school board election
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-11 Vacancies
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-12 Quorum
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-13 President of board of education
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-13.1 Vice-President of the board of education
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-14 Secretary of board of education
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16 Organization of Board
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16a School board member’s leadership training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16.5 Oath of office
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16.7 School board duties with respect to superintendent
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16.9 Bank reconciliation reports
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-16.11 Payment of outstanding obligations of a Financial Oversight Panel
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-17 Statement of affairs. (a) In Class I or Class …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-17a State, school district, and school report cards
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-18 Orders
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-19 Length of school term – experimental programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 Daily pupil attendance calculation
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-19.1 Full year school plan
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-19.2 Full year feasibility study – grant – transitional expenditure …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-19.3 Advertisements for employees during strikes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20 Powers of school board
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.1 Records to be retained
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.2 Report of teachers employed
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.3 Revenue to be provided
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.4 District in two or more townships – Treasurer to receive taxes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.5 Rules
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.5a Access to high school campus
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b Tobacco prohibition
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.6 Maintain schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.7 Appoint teachers and fix salaries
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.7a Minority recruitment policy
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.7b Active military service
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.8 Branches of study, textbooks and apparatus
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a Final grade; promotion
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12 School year – School age
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a Tuition for non-resident pupils
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b Residency; payment of tuition; hearing; criminal penalty
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.13 Textbooks for children of parents unable to buy them; waiver of fees …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14 Student discipline policies; parent-teacher advisory committee
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14a Meal breaks for noncertificated employees
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14b Medications policy
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.15 Payment of teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.15a Federal Social Security or Medicare withholdings
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.17 Water supply
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.17a Hazardous materials training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.19 Payment of orders
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.19b Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.19c Recycled paper and paper products and solid waste management
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.20 Protection from suit.To indemnify and protect school districts, …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.21 Contracts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.21a Contracts for charter bus services
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.24 Part-time Attendance
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.25a Report of student statistics
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.26 Report of teacher dismissals
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.27 To file with the regional superintendent a list of all unfilled …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.28 Cellular radio telecommunication devices
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.30 No pass-no play policy
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.31 Occupational standards
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.33 Time out, isolated time out, restraint, and necessities; limitations and prohibitions
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.34 Medicaid-eligible children; health care resources
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 Medical information form for bus drivers and emergency medical …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.36 Psychotropic or psychostimulant medication; disciplinary action
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.37 Summer kindergarten
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.38 Provision of student information prohibited. A school district, …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 Student biometric information
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.41 Use of facilities by community organizations
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.42 Wind and solar farms
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.43 School facility and resources occupation tax fund
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.44 Report on contracts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.45 Pay for performance
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 Veterans’ Day; moment of silence
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.47 Administrator and teacher salary and benefits; report
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.48 Radon testing
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.49 Compliance with Chemical Safety Acts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.51 Press boxes; accessibility
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.52 American Sign Language courses
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 Minimum reading instruction
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.55 Bring Your Parents to School Day
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 E-learning days
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.57 Carbon monoxide alarm required
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.58 Accelerate College pilot program
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.59 DCFS liaison
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 Breastfeeding accommodations for pupils
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.61 Implicit bias training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.62 Dual enrollment and dual credit notification
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 Availability of menstrual hygiene products
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.64 Booking stations on school grounds
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.65 School social worker
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.66 School-grown produce
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 Short-term substitute teacher training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 School resource officer
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 Policy on sexual harassment
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.70 Class size reporting
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.71 Sexual abuse investigations at schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.72 Door security locking means
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 Modification of athletic or team uniform permitted
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.74 Educational technology capacity and policies; report
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 Website accessibility guidelines
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.77 Parent-teacher conference and other meetings; caseworker
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.78 Student absence; pregnancy
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.79 Computer literacy skills
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.80 School support personnel reporting
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 Identification cards; suicide prevention information
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 COVID-19 paid administrative leave
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.84 College and career readiness systems
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 Trauma kit
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21 Additional duties of board
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.1 Employment of teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.2 Schools of different grades
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.3 Attendance units
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a Transfer of students
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.4 Superintendent – Duties
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.4a Principals and assistant principals – Duties
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.5 Establishment of high schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.7 Attacks on school personnel
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.8 Correspondence and Reports
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 Criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.10 Electronic paging devices on school property
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.11 Infectious disease policies and rules
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-21.12 Transfer of teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.1 Book for records
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.2 Compensation of clerk or secretary
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3 Liability insurance for school board members, school board employees …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3a To provide for or to participate in provisions for insurance …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3b Health insurance for retired teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3c Orders of protection
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3d Woman’s health care provider
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3e Post-parturition care
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f Required health benefits
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 Dismissal of teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4a Arbitration of disputes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.5 Assignment of pupils to schools – Non-resident pupils – Tuition – …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.5a Attendance by dependents of United States military personnel, foreign …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6 Suspension or expulsion of pupils; school searches
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6a To provide by home instruction, correspondence courses or otherwise …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6b Non-disclosure of information
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.7 Repairs and improvements
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.8 Sale of personal property
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.10 Control and supervision of school houses and school grounds
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.10a Inspection for drugs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.11 Lease of school property
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.12 Lease of property for school purposes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.13 Necessity, suitability, or convenience of site or building
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.13a Zoning changes, variations, and special uses for school district …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.14 Borrowing money and issuing bonds
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.15 Flag and flag staff
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18 Kindergartens
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18a Child care and training centers – Charges – Public aid payments for …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18b Before and after school programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18c Model day care services program
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18d Parental institutes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18e Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.19 Sidewalks, bridges, culverts and other approaches
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20 Classes for adults and youths whose schooling has been interrupted; …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a Advanced vocational training program, and career education. To enter …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20b To appoint a person, who meets the standards of qualification and …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20c Tutorial programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b Administering medication
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.22 Transportation for pupils-Tuition
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.22b (a) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.22c (a) Subject to the following provisions of this Section two or more …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.22d Pilot cooperative elementary school and pilot cooperative high school
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.22e Science and mathematics partnership school
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.23 School Nurse
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.23a Chief school business official
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a School counselor
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b School counseling services
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.25 Purchase and rent of textbooks
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.25a To obtain personal property, when authorized by an affirmative vote …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.25b School uniforms
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.26 School Lunch Program – Purchase of Equipment
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.27 Schools outside district for exceptional children
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.28 School safety patrol
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.28a To acquire, install, operate and maintain traffic signals relative to …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.29 Outdoor education
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.29a To authorize the establishment of an investment club, in any high …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.29b Educational tours
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.30 Television and radio programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.31 Special education
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.31a Joint educational programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.31b Joint building programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.31c Meetings; notice
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.32 To authorize the advancement to school board members the anticipated …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.33 Interfund loans
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.33A Summer school
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.33B Summer school; required attendance
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34 Nonlicensed personnel
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34a Supervision of non-academic activities
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34b Utilization of nonlicensed personnel
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c Third party non-instructional services
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.35 Civil defense shelters
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.35A School sites and office facilities
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.35B Title to school sites and buildings
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.36 Buildings for school purposes
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.36A Access Roads
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.37 Agreements with Teacher Training Institutions
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.38 Preschool children with disabilities
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.39 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date ) Sec. 10-22.39
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.40 Membership dues
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.40a Where a collective bargaining agreement is entered into with an …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.41 Placement of eligible children into corrective curriculum
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.42 To contract with the corporate authorities of any municipality or the …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.43 Credit for Proficiency in Foreign Language
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.43a Foreign language credit
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.44 To transfer the interest earned from any moneys of the district in …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-22.45 To establish an audit committee, and to appoint members of the board …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23 Additional powers of board
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.1 Residence for superintendent, principal or teachers
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.2 Nursery schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.3 Real estate for vocational and other training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.3a Conduct of business for vocational training
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.4 Purchase of school bus
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.4a To enter into a lease for a period of not to exceed 5 years for such …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.5 Educational support personnel employees
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.6 Sites out of district
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.7 Special Charter district – Adoption of Article 10
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8 Superintendent contracts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a Principal, assistant principal, and other administrator contracts
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8b Reclassification of principals and assistant principals
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.10 (a) To sell or market any computer program developed by an employee …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.11 To accept payment for student fees and expenses through the use of …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.12 Child abuse and neglect; detection, reporting, and prevention; …
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-23.13 Policies addressing sexual abuse
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A Firearms in schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-27.1B Reporting drug-related incidents in schools
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-28 Sharing information on school lunch applicants
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-29 Remote educational programs
§ 105 ILCS 5/10-30 Remote and blended remote learning
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 105 ILCS 5 > Article 10 - School Boards

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • decree: is synonymous with the word "judgment". See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.24
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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.
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day on which the statute takes effect; and the word "hereafter" at any time after such day. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.17
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Open-end credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or revolving credit.) Source: OCC
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person under legal disability: means a person 18 years or older who (a) because of mental deterioration or physical incapacity is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (b) is a person with mental illness or is a person with developmental disabilities and who because of his or her mental illness or developmental disability is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (c) because of gambling, idleness, debauchery or excessive use of intoxicants or drugs, so spends or wastes his or her estate as to expose himself or herself or his or her family to want or suffering. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.06
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • sworn: shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • 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
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Wills: includes codicils. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.13