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725 ILCS 5/102-1 (2026)

Meanings of words and phrases

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(725 ILCS 5/102-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 102-1)
    Sec. 102-1. Meanings of words and phrases.
    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: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2024 · leading case: People v. Mares, 2018 IL App (2d) 150565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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People v. Mares, 2018 IL App (2d) 150565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “" 725 ILCS 5/102-1 (West 2014). In the relevant context here, defendant's interpretation of "judgment" is untenable.”
People v. Mares, 2018 IL App (2d) 150565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “” 725 ILCS 5/102-1 (West 2014). In the relevant context here, defendant’s interpretation of “judgment” is untenable.”
People v. Anderson, 2024 IL App (4th) 240623-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “” See 725 ILCS 5/102-1 to 102-23 (West 2022). Therefore, we give the word its dictionary meaning.”
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