In Illinois law, forcible entry and detainer consisted of entering “any lands, tenements, or other possessions,” with or without force, and remaining on the premises after “the person entitled to such possession” shall notify the offender in writing to vacate the land.

An Act Concerning Forcible Entry and Detainer [1 June 1827], Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois, p. 313, sec. 1; see also “Forcible Entry or Detainer,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 1:416–417.

The Public and General Statute Laws of the State of Illinois: Containing All the Laws . . . Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at Their First Session, Commencing December 1, 1834, and Ending February 13, 1835; and at Their Second Session, Commencing December 7, 1835, and Ending January 18, 1836; and Those Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at Their Session Commencing December 5, 1836, and Ending March 6, 1837; and at Their Special Session, Commencing July 10, and Ending July 22, 1837. . . . Compiled by Jonathan Young Scammon. Chicago: Stephen F. Gale, 1839.

Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson, 1839.

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