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710 ILCS 5/20 (2026)

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(710 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 10, par. 120)
    Sec. 20. Construction of act.
    This Act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3844.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2024 · leading case: Tim Huey Corp. v. Global Boiler & Mech., Inc., 649 N.E.2d 1358 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995).
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Tim Huey Corp. v. Global Boiler & Mech., Inc., 649 N.E.2d 1358 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “710 ILCS 5/20 (West 1992); Garver v. Ferguson (1979), 76 Ill.”
Lee B. Stern & Co. v. Zimmerman, 660 N.E.2d 170 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “) To achieve this end, our supreme court instructed us to show greater than usual deference to opinions of the courts of other jurisdictions with the Uniform Arbitration Act. Garver v. Ferguson (1979), 76 Ill.”
Chicago Southshore & South Bend R.R. v. N. Indiana Commuter Transp. Dist., 682 N.E.2d 156 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “” 710 ILCS 5/20 (West 1992). Southshore also refers to section 16 of the Act, which provides: "The term 'court’ means any circuit court of this State.”
CPM Prods., Inc. v. Mobb Deep, Inc., 742 N.E.2d 393 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “Only then will the circuit court be able to properly exercise its authority. An express aim of the Act is that its provisions are to be construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.”
Hassan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2024 IL App (1st) 231382-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “710 ILCS 5/20 (West 2022); see UAA (1956) § 21.”
Chicago Southshore & South Ben R.R. v. N. Indiana Commuter Transp. Dist. (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “SouthShore refers to section 1 of the Act, which requires that the Act be construed so as "to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.”
CPM Prods. Inc. Mobb Deep, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “Only then will the circuit court be able to properly exercise its authority.”
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