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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XXII — CORPORATIONS · Chapter 156B

Section 2: 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.
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