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5 ILCS 70/1.10 (2026)

"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

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(5 ILCS 70/1.10) (from Ch. 1, par. 1011)
    Sec. 1.10. "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."
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1717.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Cella v. Sanitary Dist. Employees' & Trs.' Annuity & Benefit Fund, 266 Ill. App. 3d 558 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).
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Cella v. Sanitary Dist. Employees' & Trs.' Annuity & Benefit Fund, 266 Ill. App. 3d 558 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “1011 (now 5 ILCS 70/1.10 (West 1992))) states: " '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.”
Edens v. Godinez, 2013 IL App (4th) 120297 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “) 5 ILCS 70/1.10 (West 2010). Therefore, because plaintiffs have failed to fulfill their burden to demonstrate that (1) they had a clear right to the calculation requested, (2) DOC had a clear duty to act, and (3) clear authority exists to comply with an order granting mandamus…”
Price v. Philip Morris, Inc., 954 N.E.2d 671 (Ill. 2011). “There is no case law interpreting the statutory term "not later than two years after the entry of the order or judgment." 735 ILCS 5/2-1401(b) (West 2008).”
Cella v. Sanitary Dist. Employees', 639 N.E.2d 1335 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “1011 (now 5 ILCS 70/1.10 (West 1992))) states that: "`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.”
People v. Boughton, 2023 IL App (4th) 221029-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “Therefore, within six months after the expired deadline for filing a notice of appeal—that is, on or before December 26, 2022 (see 5 ILCS 70/1.10, 1.11 (West 2022))—defendant had to file in the appellate court three documents.”
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