Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 755 ILCS 15 - Safety Deposit Box Opening Act

• 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.
• Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• 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}
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Probate: Proving a will