Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 5/22-3

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
     Right to sue.) If no letters are issued in this State upon the estate of a nonresident decedent or ward, a representative to whom letters are issued on the estate by a court of competent jurisdiction of any other state, territory, country or the District of Columbia may sue in this State in any case in which a resident representative may sue. The court in which the suit is filed may order the nonresident representative to give bond for costs as in case of other nonresidents.