The Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act is commonly referred to as the Eviction Act. Well, the State of Illinois has basically embodied that common parlance into an amendment to Illinois law which, among other things, changes the phrase forcible entry and detainer to eviction and changes the phrase judgment for possession to eviction order. This is a modernization of the verbiage used in eviction law. A copy of the new law, Public Act 100-0173, can be found here and the law will go into effect on January 1, 2018.
