As used in this Act:
     (a) “Affiliate” means:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 ILCS 160/2

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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

        (1) a person who directly or indirectly owns,
    
controls, or holds with power to vote, 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities,
            (A) as a fiduciary or agent without sole
        
discretionary power to vote the securities; or
            (B) solely to secure a debt, if the person has
        
not exercised the power to vote;
        (2) a corporation with 20% or more outstanding voting
    
securities which are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by the debtor or a person who directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities,
            (A) as a fiduciary or agent without sole power to
        
vote the securities; or
            (B) solely to secure a debt, if the person has
        
not in fact exercised the power to vote;
            (3) a person whose business is operated by the
        
debtor under a lease or other agreement, or a person substantially all of whose assets are controlled by the debtor; or
        (4) a person who operates the debtor’s business under
    
a lease or other agreement or controls substantially all of the debtor’s assets.
    (b) “Asset” means property of a debtor, but the term does not include:
        (1) property to the extent it is encumbered by a
    
valid lien;
        (2) property to the extent it is generally exempt
    
under laws of this State; or
        (3) an interest in property held in tenancy by the
    
entireties to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant.
    (c) “Claim” means a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured.
     (d) “Creditor” means a person who has a claim, including a claim for past-due child support.
     (e) “Debt” means liability on a claim.
     (f) “Debtor” means a person who is liable on a claim.
     (g) “Insider” includes:
        (1) if the debtor is an individual,
            (A) a relative of the debtor or of a general
        
partner of the debtor;
            (B) a partnership in which the debtor is a
        
general partner;
            (C) a general partner in a partnership described
        
in clause (B); or
            (D) a corporation of which the debtor is a
        
director, officer, or person in control;
        (2) if the debtor is a corporation,
            (A) a director of the debtor;
            (B) an officer of the debtor;
            (C) a person in control of the debtor;
            (D) a partnership in which the debtor is a
        
general partner;
            (E) a general partner in a partnership described
        
in clause (D); or
            (F) a relative of a general partner, director,
        
officer, or person in control of the debtor;
        (3) if the debtor is a partnership,
            (A) a general partner in the debtor;
            (B) a relative of a general partner in, a general
        
partner of, or a person in control of the debtor;
            (C) another partnership in which the debtor is a
        
general partner;
            (D) a general partner in a partnership described
        
in clause (C); or
            (E) a person in control of the debtor;
        (4) an affiliate, or an insider of an affiliate as if
    
the affiliate were the debtor; and
        (5) a managing agent of the debtor.
     (h) “Lien” means a charge against or an interest in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, and includes a security interest created by agreement, a judicial lien obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings, a common-law lien, or a statutory lien.
     (i) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, or any other legal or commercial entity.
     (j) “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership.
     (k) “Relative” means an individual related by consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, a spouse, or an individual related to a spouse within the third degree as so determined, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship within the third degree.
     (l) “Transfer” means every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with an asset or an interest in an asset, and includes payment of money, release, lease, and creation of a lien or other encumbrance.
     (m) “Valid lien” means a lien that is effective against the holder of a judicial lien subsequently obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings.
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