§ 745 ILCS 10/1-201 Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms used in this …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-202 “Employee” includes a present or former officer, member of a board, …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-203 “Enactment” means a constitutional provision, statute, ordinance or …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-204 “Injury” means death, injury to a person, or damage to or loss of …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-205 “Law” includes not only enactments but also the case law applicable …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-206 “Local public entity” includes a county, township, municipality, …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-207 “Public Employee” means an employee of a local public entity
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-208 “Regulation” means a rule, regulation, order or standard, having the …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-209 “Statute” means an act adopted by the General Assembly of this State …
§ 745 ILCS 10/1-210 “Willful and wanton conduct” as used in this Act means a course of …
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 745 ILCS 10 > Article I > Part 2 - General Definitions

  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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.
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14