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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 2 (2026)

Definitions; corporation; articles of organization

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Section 2. In this chapter, unless a contrary intention appears:

(a) ''corporation'' shall mean a corporation to which, under section three, this chapter applies; and

(b) ''articles of organization'' of a corporation shall mean its articles of organization, including any special act of incorporation, as from time to time amended by any of the following amendments:

(1) a certificate of a vote adopting the provisions of this chapter filed pursuant to section five;

(2) a certificate of a vote establishing a series filed pursuant to section twenty-six;

(3) articles of amendment filed pursuant to section seventy-two or section seventy-three;

(4) restated articles of organization filed pursuant to section seventy-four;

(5) articles of consolidation or merger filed pursuant to section seventy-eight, section seventy-nine, section eighty-two or section eighty-three;

(6) articles of dissolution filed pursuant to section one hundred; and

(7) a certificate as to the revival of a corporation filed pursuant to section one hundred and eight.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Gen. Elec. Co. v. Lines, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 66 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2009).
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Gen. Elec. Co. v. Lines, 26 Mass. L. Rptr. 66 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2009). “175, §30(3) (mutual insurance companies subject to G.L.c. 156B, §§2, 5, 7, 9-13, 16, 49, 52, 54-59 and 67).”
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