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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XI — CERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS · Chapter 68

Section 12: Unincorporated religious societies; powers

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Section 12. Unincorporated religious societies shall have like power as incorporated societies to manage, use and employ, according to its terms and conditions, any gift or grant made to them; they may elect trustees, agents or other officers therefor, and may sue for any right which may vest in them in consequence of such gift or grant; for which purposes they shall be corporations.
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