§ 0.01 Short title
§ 1 Livery of seizin shall in no case be necessary for the conveyance of …
§ 2 Every estate, gift, grant, deed, mortgage, lease, release, or …
§ 3 Where any person or persons be the owner of, or at any time hereafter …
§ 4 Any person claiming right or title to lands, tenements or …
§ 4a Any person claiming any right, title, or interest in and to lands, …
§ 5.1 In the event it is necessary to record or file a deed with an …
§ 6 In cases where, by the common law, any person or persons might …
§ 7 If any person shall sell and convey to another, by deed or …
§ 7a (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any instrument, including a …
§ 8 Warranty deed; encumbrances done or suffered from the grantor
§ 9 Deeds for the conveyance of land may be substantially in the …
§ 10 Quitclaim deeds may be, in substance, in the following form: …
§ 11 (a) Mortgages of lands may be substantially in the following …
§ 12 In deeds made by sheriffs, guardians, administrators, executors, …
§ 13 Every estate in lands which is granted, conveyed or bequeathed, …
§ 14 When an estate hath been, or shall be, by any conveyance limited in …
§ 15 Purchasers of school or canal lands or town lots may, by indorsement …
§ 16 The county board of any county may authorize any officer or member of …
§ 19 The acknowledgment or proof of any deed, mortgage, conveyance, power …
§ 20 Deeds, mortgages, conveyances, releases, powers of attorney or other …
§ 22 Where any deed, conveyance or power of attorney has been or may be …
§ 23 All deeds, conveyances and powers of attorney, for the conveyance of …
§ 24 No judge or other officer shall take the acknowledgment of any person …
§ 25 If any grantor shall not have duly acknowledged the execution of any …
§ 26 A certificate of acknowledgment, substantially in the following form, …
§ 27 No deed or other instrument shall be construed as releasing or …
§ 28 Deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments relating …
§ 28b Whenever a power of attorney relating to or affecting real estate in …
§ 29 Where an original deed, mortgage or other instrument relating to or …
§ 30 All deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing which are …
§ 31 Deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing relating to real …
§ 31.5 Assignment of rents; perfection
§ 32 All deeds which may be executed by any administrator, executor, …
§ 33 All original wills duly proved, or copies thereof duly certified, …
§ 35 Every deed, mortgage, power of attorney, conveyance, or other …
§ 35a Whenever a deed shall recite, either in the body of the said deed or …
§ 35b All deeds or mortgages heretofore irregularly executed by the …
§ 35c Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance or other instrument to …
§ 35d Execution; permanent index number
§ 36 Whenever upon the trial of any cause in this state, any party to the …
§ 37 All affidavits required to be made and produced under the foregoing …
§ 38 The term “real estate,” as used in this Act, shall be construed as …
§ 38a Whenever the owner of any real estate situated as hereinafter set …
§ 38b The invalidity of any portion of section 38a shall not affect the …
§ 39 Every mortgage or trust deed in the nature of a mortgage shall, as to …
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 765 ILCS 5 - Conveyances Act

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day on which the statute takes effect; and the word "hereafter" at any time after such day. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.17
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • 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.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • 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.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Wills: includes codicils. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.13