Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 75 ILCS 5/1-6

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     Any person or persons desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate, for the benefit of any library, may vest title to the donation in the board of library trustees receiving the donation, to be held and controlled by such trustees when accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such donation. Such board of library trustees shall be held and considered to be a special trustee of such donated property.