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720 ILCS 5/2-0.5 (2026)

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(720 ILCS 5/2-0.5) (was 720 ILCS 5/2-.5)
    Sec. 2-0.5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Code, the words and phrases described in this Article have the meanings designated in this Article, except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2017–2020 · leading case: People v. Vara, 2016 IL App (2d) 140849 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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People v. Vara, 2016 IL App (2d) 140849 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 720 ILCS 5/2-0.5 (West 2012). In this context, “solicit” clearly is not limited to urging a child to personally commit an offense.”
People v. Towns, 2020 IL App (1st) 171145 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” See 720 ILCS 5/2-0.5 to 2-22 (West 2010). Nor does the section that defines “kidnapping” contain a definition of “force.”
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