Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 5/19-127

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
     If at any time the conditions of the bond required by Section 19-112 of this Act, or of the bond provided for in Section 19-116 of this Act are broken, the sheriff or other officer or plaintiff in the name of the sheriff, for his or her own use, or the defendant or intervening party, as the case may be, may proceed and maintain an action on such bond for the recovery of all damages and costs, as have been sustained in consequence of the breach of such condition.