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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 310 ILCS 35/2

  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
     Where real property has been acquired for highway purposes by any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the State and is improved with a dwelling or dwellings which otherwise must be removed or demolished in order to construct such highway, any such political subdivision or municipal corporation may acquire other real property by purchase, gift, legacy or pursuant to the provisions for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act for the purpose of providing a site on which such dwelling or dwellings may be relocated in order that it or they may continue to be used for housing purposes and may cause any such dwelling to be moved to such a site, provide it with a suitable foundation and restore and rehabilitate the dwelling in its entirety.