Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 105/13

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
     If any such note, bond, bill, or other instrument of writing, shall be assigned before the day the money or property therein mentioned becomes due and payable, and the assignee shall institute an action thereon, the defendant may give in evidence at the trial any money or property actually paid on the said note, bond, bill, or other instrument in writing, before the said note, bond, bill, or other instrument in writing was assigned to the plaintiff, on proving that the plaintiff had sufficient notice of the said payment before he accepted or received such assignment.
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