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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 5/2

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
     Every estate, gift, grant, deed, mortgage, lease, release, or confirmation of lands, tenements, rents, services or hereditaments made or had, or hereafter to be made or had, by any person or persons, being of full age and sound mind, and not procured by duress, to any person or persons, and all recoveries, judgments and enforcements had or made, or to be had or made, shall be good and effectual to him, her or them to whom it is or shall be so made, had or given, and to all others, to his, her or their use, against the judgment debtor, seller, donor, grantor, mortgagor, lessor, releasor, or confirmor, and against his, her or their heirs, claiming the same only as heir or heirs, and each of them, and against all others having or claiming any title or interest in the same, only to the use of the same judgment debtor, seller, donor, grantor, mortgagor, lessor, releasor or confirmor, or his, her or their heirs, at the time of the judgment, enforcement, bargain, sale, mortgage, covenant, lease, release, gift or grant made.