§ 220 ILCS 5/10-101 The Commission, or any commissioner or administrative law judge …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-101.1 Mediation; arbitration; case management
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-102 All meetings of the Commission shall be conducted pursuant to the …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-103 In all proceedings, investigations or hearings conducted by the …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-104 All hearings before the Commission or any commissioner or …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-105 No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-106 All subpoenas issued under the terms of this Act may be served by any …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-107 The Commission, each commissioner and each employee of the Commission …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-108 Complaints; notice; parties
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-109 The Commission shall have power to receive complaints regarding loss …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-110 At the time fixed for any hearing upon a complaint, the complainant …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-111 In any hearing, proceeding, investigation, or rulemaking conducted by …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-112 Service of Commission orders
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-113 Rescission or hearing of order
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-201 (a) Jurisdiction. Within 35 days from the date that a copy of the …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-202 Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the appellate …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-203 In all appeals from the orders and decisions of the Commission, it …
§ 220 ILCS 5/10-204 (a) The pendency of an appeal shall not of itself stay or suspend the …

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 220 ILCS 5 > Article X - Proceedings Before The Commission And The Courts

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall be deemed to include an affirmation, and the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14