Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 705/10-15

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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
     A successor agency designated in the manner prescribed by law shall act on behalf of the agency that has ceased operations and shall have the power and duty to receive and answer correspondence, pay claims due and owing to a Department of Central Management Services revolving fund from any remaining unlapsed appropriation, refer unpaid vendors to the Court of Claims, and arrange for the orderly termination of any affairs of the agency that has ceased operations that remain unresolved at the date of closure.