Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 575/1

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • 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
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Consent of the State of Illinois is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift or lease of such areas, of land or water, or of land and water in Illinois as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge in accordance with the Act of Congress approved June 7, 1924. The State of Illinois retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over such areas in the matter of the service thereon of all civil and criminal process issuing under the authority of the State of Illinois and in the matter of salvaging fish taken from such overflowed areas.
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