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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 10/6

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
     In all cases where application shall be made as hereinabove stated, the court shall have power to continue the same from time to time to obtain such evidence as the nature of the case shall require; and no judgment for the conveyance of land, upon application as hereinabove stated, shall be made, unless the court shall be satisfied that judgment can be made without injustice to any heir or creditor of the deceased, or the estate of the person who is under legal disability and that the same is just and equitable.