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- Case number
- A number assigned to a case that is on every paper filed in the case
- Certified copy
- A document sworn to be true by the circuit clerk stamping it
- Certified mail
- A document delivery service that sends you a receipt as proof that the documents were delivered
- Child support
- Money paid by a parent to help another parent support a minor child or children
- Child support order
- A decision by a court telling a parent to pay child support
- Circuit clerk
- The office that takes care of files and documents for court cases
- Circuit court
- The lowest level of court in Illinois
- Citation to discover assets
- An order from the court for a person to come to court to be questioned under oath about how much money they have and property they own
- Civil cover sheet
- A form filed by the plaintiff with the complaint at the start of a lawsuit
- Civil procedure
- Rules you must follow when you're participating in a lawsuit
- Claimant
- A person who demands something from another individual
- Co-payments
- Money paid for health care in addition to what the insurer pays
- Codefendant
- A person who is charged with the same crime or sued in the same case
- Cohabitants
- People who live together
- Collateral
- Property you promise to give up if you don’t repay a loan
- Compensation
- Payment for work done or damage suffered
- Complainant
- Another word for plaintiff or a person that files a lawsuit
- Complaint
- A written statement to start a lawsuit that says what the defendant did
- Compulsory
- Required
- Consent
- When someone gives permission for someone else to do something
- Consent foreclosure
- An agreement for land to be foreclosed or sold by the lender
- Consortium
- The duties and rights involved in marriage
- Contempt of court
- When someone violates a court order or disrespects the court
- Contested case
- When both sides to a case present opposing arguments and evidence
- Contingent fee
- When a lawyer is paid from the money their client won or recieved
- Continuance
- When the judge delays the trial or hearing
- Contributory negligence
- When someone's own acts resulted in them being harmed
- Conviction
- When someone is declared guilty of a crime by a court
- Cosign
- To sign a loan with another person and share the responsibility that it will be paid back
- Cotenants
- Two or more people renting the same property
- Counsel
- Another name for a lawyer
- Counterclaim
- A claim brought by a defendant against a plaintiff
- Court costs
- The fees for going to court, including filing, serving, and getting transcripts
- Courtesy copies
- A copy of a document given to the judge
- Creditor
- Someone who is owed money