§ 710 ILCS 35/1 Title
§ 710 ILCS 35/2 Definitions
§ 710 ILCS 35/3 Scope
§ 710 ILCS 35/4 Privilege against disclosure; admissibility; discovery
§ 710 ILCS 35/5 Waiver and preclusion of privilege
§ 710 ILCS 35/6 Exceptions to privilege
§ 710 ILCS 35/7 Prohibited mediator reports
§ 710 ILCS 35/8 Confidentiality
§ 710 ILCS 35/9 Mediator’s disclosure of conflicts of interest; background
§ 710 ILCS 35/10 Participation in mediation
§ 710 ILCS 35/11 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce …
§ 710 ILCS 35/12 Uniformity of application and construction
§ 710 ILCS 35/13 Severability clause
§ 710 ILCS 35/16 Application to existing agreements or referrals
§ 710 ILCS 35/99 Effective date

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 710 ILCS 35 - Uniform Mediation Act

  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28