§ 755 ILCS 5/12-1 Corporate representative – acceptance of office.) The bonds provided …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-2 Individual representative; oath and bond
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-3 Surety.) Every bond provided for in this Article must have as …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-4 When security excused or specified.) (a) …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-5 Amount of bond.) (a) The bond of a representative shall be for an …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-6 Waiver or reduction of bond of representative of ward in certain …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-7 Deposit in lieu or reduction of bond.) Upon petition of a …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-8 Joint or several bonds.) (a) The court may permit a representative of …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-9 Additional bond for proceeds of sale or mortgage.) (a) Except as …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-10 Further bond or security.) (a) If letters are issued to a …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-11 Counter security – release of surety.) (a) If the court believes a …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-12 Notice to representative of action on bond – answer.) Unless the …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-13 New or additional bond.) A new or additional bond, other than an …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-14 Bond on appeal.) A bond of a representative on appeal from the order …
§ 755 ILCS 5/12-15 Suit on bond

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 755 ILCS 5 > Article XII - Bonds - Oaths - Acceptance of Office

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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