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CIVIL PROCEDURE
(735 ILCS 5/) Code of Civil Procedure.

735 ILCS 5/8-1501

    (735 ILCS 5/8-1501) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1501)
    Sec. 8-1501. Comparison. In all courts of this State it shall be lawful to prove handwriting by comparison made by the witness or jury with writings properly in the files of records of the case, admitted in evidence or treated as genuine or admitted to be genuine, by the party against whom the evidence is offered, or proved to be genuine to the satisfaction of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/8-1502

    (735 ILCS 5/8-1502) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1502)
    Sec. 8-1502. Notice. Before a standard of writing is admitted in evidence by the court for comparison, such notice thereof as under all circumstances of the case is reasonable shall first be given to the opposite party or his or her attorney.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/8-1503

    (735 ILCS 5/8-1503) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1503)
    Sec. 8-1503. Opportunity to examine. A reasonable opportunity to examine such proposed standards shall on motion duly made be accorded the opposite party, his or her attorney and witnesses, prior to the introduction in evidence of such standards and the court may, in its discretion, impound the same with the clerk of the court for that purpose.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)