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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 80/1

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Probate: Proving a will
     Any otherwise valid sale or mortgage of real estate by an executor, administrator, guardian or conservator which was consummated before the effective date of this Act is effective and valid notwithstanding the failure of such executor, administrator, guardian or conservator to file in and have approved by the court having probate jurisdiction the special bond prescribed in Section 155 of the “Probate Act”, approved July 24, 1939, as amended.