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Annulment
Appeal and Writ of Error
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Arson
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Attorney's Fees
Bail
Bankruptcy
Banks and Banking
Bar Association
Bar, Admission to
Battered Women
Bonds and Covenants, Litigation Involving
Bonds in Non-Litigation
Bribery
Building and Construction
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California Gold Rush
Caveat Emptor
Cemeteries
Certificate of Division
Certiorari
Change of Venue
Charities
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Children
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Class Action Suit
Collisions
Comity
Confession of Judgment
Conspiracy
Constitutional Law
Contempt of Court
Contracts
Coroner's Inquest
Corporations
Counterfeiting
Court Fees, Litigation Involving
Criminal Offenses
Cross-Bill
Cruelty
Cruelty to Animals
Dams
Debtor and Creditor
Deeds in Non-Litigation
Deeds, Litigation Involving
Default Judgment
Desertion
Discovery
Disorderly House
Disturbing the Peace
Divorce
Domicile
Double Jeopardy
Dueling
Dying Declaration
Education
Effie Afton Case
Embezzlement
Eminent Domain
Estrays
Evidence
Exemption
Extortion
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False Imprisonment
Fires
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French Claim Cases
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Gambling
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Maintenance of Illegitimate Children
Malicious Mischief
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Manufacturing and Industry
Marriage
Matson Slave Case
McLean County Tax Case
Medicine
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Motion to Rule in Illinois Supreme Court
Murder
Native Americans
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Notes for a Law Lecture
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Women as Litigants
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Participant:
Major Role:
Attorney
Court Official
Nonlitigation Participant
Other
Party to Legal Action
Witness
Role:
Additional Pleading Participant
Administrator
Advertiser
Affiant
Agent
Appellant
Appellant Attorney
Appellee
Appellee Attorney
Applicant to Bar or Public Office
Appraiser (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Apprentice Attorney
Arbitrator
Assignee
Assignor
Attorney in Ex Parte
Author or Signer of Petition (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Bar Examiner
Bounty Land Claimant
Business Associate
Clerk
Collector (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Commissioner
Conservator
Constable or City Marshal
Coroner
Correspondent
County Commissioner or Supervisor
Creditor
Debtor
Deceased for Whom Someone Collected Pension
Deceased for Whom Someone Sued
Deceased for Whom Someone was Sued
Deceased in Estate Settlement
Defendant
Defendant Attorney
Deponent
Deputy Clerk
Deputy Sheriff
Deputy U.S. Marshal
Disputant in Mediation
Elisor
Executor
Garnishee
Governor
Guardian
Heir in Estate Settlement
Incompetent
Involved but Role Not Determined (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Judge
Juror
Justice
Justice of the Peace or Magistrate
Landlord or Tenant
Lecturer (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Legal Consultant (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Legislator or Legislative Consultant
Master in Chancery
Mediator (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Mentor (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Minor
Next Friend
Nonlitigation Affiant
Nonlitigation Attorney (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Nonlitigation Client
Nonlitigation Surety (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Office Manager (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Paralegal (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Party to Check, Promissory Note, or Receipt
Party to Contract, Agreement, or Bond
Party to Deed, Mortgage, or Lease
Pensioner
Petitioner in Bankruptcy
Petitioner in Ex Parte
Plaintiff
Plaintiff Attorney
Relator
Researcher (Lincoln and Partners Only)
Sheriff
Solicitor in Bankruptcy
State's Attorney
Subject of Petition
Surety
Testator
U.S. Commissioner
U.S. Marshal
Unspecified Attorney
Unspecified Litigant
Use Plaintiff
Witness at Trial
Witness to Signature (Lincoln and Partners Only)
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Type:
abstract
account
admission
advertisement
affidavit
agreement
answer
application
appointment
argument
assessment
assignment
authorities
authority
authorization
award
bar docket
bill
blueprints
bond
brief
broadside
certificate
certificate of division
certification
citation
claim
clerk's docket
clerk's memorandum docket
cognovit
commonplace book
complaint
confession
contract
day book
declaration
decree
dedimus potestatum
deed
demurrer
deposition
diary
disclaimer
draft
endorsement
engrossed docket
exceptions
execution docket
fee book
fragment
house journal
indictment
information
inquest
interpleader
interrogatories
inventory
joinder
judge's docket
judgment
judgment docket
jury instructions
law journal
lease
legal description of land
legislative act
legislative bill
letter
libel
license
list
mandate
map
memorandum
minutes
monition
mortgage
motion
narratio
note
notice
oath
objection
office fee book
opinion
order
pardon
petition
plea
power of attorney appointment
praecipe
promissory note
protest
receipt
recommendation
release
relinquishment
reminiscence
remonstrance
replication
report
resignation
return
settlement
statement
statute
stipulation
stock subscription
subpoena
summons
telegram
testimony
transcript
verdict
waiver
warrant
will
witness affidavit
writ of attachment
writ of capias ad respondendum
writ of capias ad satisfaciendum
writ of certiorari
writ of error
writ of execution
writ of fieri facias
writ of habeas corpus
writ of injunction
writ of inquiry
writ of mandamus
writ of mittimus
writ of ne exeat
writ of peremptory mandamus
writ of possession
writ of procedendo
writ of replevin
writ of scire facias
writ of supersedeas
writ of venditioni exponas
writ of venire
writ pro retorno habendo
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Capacity:
Author
Endorser
Named only
Recipient
Signer
Case
Case Name:
Jurisdiction:
Federal Courts
Illinois Courts
Kentucky Courts
n/a
Unknown Jurisdiction
Wisconsin Courts
Court Type:
Federal Circuit Courts
Federal District Courts
Illinois Circuit Courts
Illinois County and Municipal Courts
Illinois Justice of the Peace Courts
Illinois Supreme Court
Kentucky Circuit Courts
Kentucky Supreme Court
n/a
United States Commissioner's Court
United States Supreme Court
Unknown Court Type
Wisconsin Circuit Courts
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Court Name:
Adams County Circuit Court
Alton Municipal Court
Bond County Circuit Court
Bond County Justice of the Peace Court
Boone County Circuit Court
Boone County Justice of the Peace Court
Brown County Circuit Court
Brown County Justice of the Peace Court
Calhoun County Circuit Court
Cass County Circuit Court
Cass County Unknown Court
Champaign County Circuit Court
Champaign County Justice of the Peace Court
Champaign County Unknown Court
Chicago Municipal Court
Christian County Circuit Court
Christian County Justice of the Peace Court
Christian County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Clark County Circuit Court
Clinton County Circuit Court
Coles County Circuit Court
Coles County Justice of the Peace Court
Coles County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Cook County Circuit Court
Cumberland County Circuit Court
De Kalb County Circuit Court
De Witt County Circuit Court
De Witt County Court
De Witt County Justice of the Peace Court
Douglas County Circuit Court
Edgar County Circuit Court
Edgar County Justice of the Peace Court
Edgar County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Edwards County Circuit Court
Edwards County Justice of the Peace Court
Effingham County Circuit Court
Fayette County Circuit Court
Fayette County, Kentucky, Circuit Court
Fulton County Circuit Court
Gallatin County Circuit Court
Greene County Circuit Court
Greene County Sheriff's Court
Greene County Unknown Court
Hancock County Circuit Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Iroquois County Sheriff's Court
Jackson County Circuit Court
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace Court
Jersey County Circuit Court
Jo Daviess County Circuit Court
Jo Daviess County Justice of the Peace Court
Kane County Circuit Court
Kendall County Circuit Court
Kendall County Justice of the Peace Court
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Lake County Circuit Court
LaSalle County Circuit Court
Lee County Circuit Court
Leroy Police Magistrate's Court
Livingston County Circuit Court
Logan County Circuit Court
Logan County Court
Logan County Justice of the Peace Court
Macon County Circuit Court
Macon County Court
Macon County Justice of the Peace Court
Macon County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Macon County Unknown Court
Macoupin County Circuit Court
Macoupin County Justice of the Peace Court
Madison County Circuit Court
Marshall County Circuit Court
Marshall County Justice of the Peace Court
Mason County Circuit Court
Mason County Justice of the Peace Court
McDonough County Circuit Court
McDonough County Court
McHenry County Circuit Court
McLean County Circuit Court
McLean County Court
McLean County Court
McLean County Justice of the Peace Court
McLean County Unknown Court
Menard County Circuit Court
Menard County Commissioners' Court
Menard County Court
Menard County Justice of the Peace Court
Menard County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Montgomery County Circuit Court
Morgan County Circuit Court
Morgan County Unknown Court
Moultrie County Circuit Court
Mt. Sterling Municipal Court
n/a
n/a
Peoria County Circuit Court
Peoria County Justice of the Peace Court
Petersburg Police Magistrate's Court
Piatt County Circuit Court
Piatt County Court
Piatt County Justice of the Peace Court
Pike County Circuit Court
Pike County Justice of the Peace Court
Putnam County Circuit Court
Randolph County Circuit Court
Randolph County Sheriff's Court
Richland County Circuit Court
Richland County Justice of the Peace Court
Rock County Circuit Court (Wisconsin)
Rock Island County Circuit Court
Rock Island County Commissioners' Court
Rock Island Justice of the Peace Court
Sangamon County Circuit Court
Sangamon County Commissioners' Court
Sangamon County Court
Sangamon County Justice of the Peace Court
Sangamon County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Sangamon County Sheriff's Court
Sangamon County Unknown Court
Schuyler County Circuit Court
Schuyler County Unknown Court
Scott County Circuit Court
Scott County Justice of the Peace Court
Scott County Sheriff's Court
Shelby County Circuit Court
Shelby County Court
Shelby County Justice of the Peace Court
Springfield Municipal Court
St. Clair County Circuit Court
St. Clair County Commissioners' Court
Stephenson County Circuit Court
Tazewell County Circuit Court
Tazewell County Court
Tazewell County Justice of the Peace Court
Tazewell County Municipal Court
Tazewell County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Tazewell County Unknown Court
United States Circuit Court, District of Illinois
United States Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois
United States Circuit Court, Southern District of Illinois
United States Commissioner's Court
United States District Court, District of Illinois
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Unknown Circuit Court
Unknown Court
Unknown Justice of the Peace Court
Unknown Municipal Court
Unknown Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Urbana Police Magistrate's Court
Vermilion County Circuit Court
Vermilion County Justice of the Peace Court
Vermilion County Unknown Court
Wabash County Circuit Court
Warren County Circuit Court
Warren County Probate Justice of the Peace Court
Wayne County Circuit Court
White County Circuit Court
White County Justice of the Peace Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Woodford County Circuit Court
Woodford County Court
Woodford County Justice of the Peace Court
Division:
admiralty
bankruptcy
chancery
common law
criminal
n/a
n/a
probate
Action:
account
accounting
action against sheriff to pay money
administration of estate
adultery and fornication
agreed case
aiding prisoner to escape
altering article of agreement
appeal
appeal of assessment of damages
appeal of right of property
application to remove guardian
appointment of conservator
appointment of receiver
assault
assault and battery
assault with a deadly weapon
assault with intent to injure
assault with intent to murder
assault with intent to rape
assault with intent to rob
assessment of damages
assumpsit
attachment
bankruptcy
bastardy
bill in chancery
burglary
cancel bond
cancel deed
cancel land patent
certificate of division
certiorari
cheating and fraud
claim against estate
cognovit
cohabitation
confession
contempt
conveyance
correct deed
correct records
counterfeiting
covenant
cross-bill
custody of children
cutting timber
debt
delaying and opening the mail
detinue
discovery
distress for rent
disturbing the peace
disturbing worshipping congregation
divorce
dower
ejectment
enforce judgment
failure of duty as administrator
failure of duty as supervisor
failure to pay insurance
failure to prove a will
false imprisonment
firing prairie
firing woods
forcible detainer
forcible entry and detainer
foreclose mortgage
forfeiture of recognizance
forgery
fraud and misrepresentation
fugitive slave claim
gaming
garnishment
habeas corpus
harboring fugitive slave
hotchpot
injunction
injunction & general relief
insufficient security
keeping a disorderly house
keeping a gaming house
keeping tippling house open on Sun.
keeping tippling house open on Sunday
larceny
libel
lien
loaning public money
maintenance of illegitimate child
make deed
make title
malfeasance in office
malicious mischief
malicious prosecution
mandamus
manslaughter
mechanic's lien
motion
motion to pay
motion to rule
murder
ne exeat
nullify marriage contract
obstructing mail
obstructing railroad
obstructing road
obstructing water course
partition
passing counterfeit money
perfect title
perjury
petit larceny
petition and summons
petition for road
petition to stay execution
poisoning
quiet title
quo warranto
rape
receiving stolen goods
recognizance to keep peace
relief
relocate road
removal of school commissioner
replevin
rescind contract
rescind conveyance
resisting officer
revivor
revoke title to land
right of property
right of way
riot
robbery
runaway slaves
salvage
scire facias on recognizance
scire facias to foreclose mortgage
scire facias to make party to judgment
scire facias to revive judgment
seduction
sell real estate
sell real estate to pay debts
sell real estate to pay taxes
selling liquor
sending challenge
sending threatening letter
set aside conveyance
set aside deed
set aside guardian account
set aside judgment
set aside sale
set aside will
settle partnership
slander
specific performance
stealing from the mail
trespass
trespass on the case
trespass on the case on promises
trespass quare clausum fregit
trespass vi et armis
trover
trover and conversion
unwholesome business
uttering counterfeit coin
vendor's lien
Judgment:
affirmed (majority)
affirmed (unanimous)
affirmed and remanded by appeals court
agreed case
decided for defendant/against petitioner
decided for plaintiff/petitioner
decree amended
dismissed/stricken/quashed/vacated/abated
divided
hung jury
mandamus awarded
mandamus denied
n/a
nil dicit
nolle prosequi
nonsuit
reversed (majority)
reversed (unanimous)
reversed and dismissed
reversed and remanded by appeals court
unknown
Non-Litigation
Activity:
Activity Type:
admitting applicant to bar
advertising
appraising
buying property
collecting debt
collecting fees
collecting judgment
conducting legal research
declining legal work
examining applicant to bar
filing claim against estate
filing legal document
lecturing
managing office
mediating
mentoring
participating in bar association
paying debt
paying fees
paying taxes
petitioning
providing legal advice
providing recommendation
providing unspecified legal service
referring legal client
registering land
renting office
selling property
serving as administrator
serving as agent
serving as attorney
serving as city clerk & attorney
serving as clerk
serving as commissioner
serving as guardian
serving as pension attorney
serving as surety
signing legal document
taking deposition
witnessing legal document
writing legal document
writing legislative document
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