Illinois Compiled Statutes > 615 ILCS 35 – Illinois and Michigan Canal Protection Act
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- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.