Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 25/18

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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
  • 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
     The appellate court shall sit at the places prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court. Where necessary, the judges of any division may rent suitable rooms for the holding of court and for the use of the officers thereof at a rental not exceeding the amount appropriated therefor from time to time by the General Assembly; and the judges of the respective branches of the appellate court shall order all necessary furniture therefor, and for the safekeeping of the records of the court and for moving expenses; the accounts therefor shall be certified by the respective branches of the court to the State Comptroller, who shall draw his warrant on the state treasury for the amount of the same, to be paid out of the appropriation that shall be made therefor.