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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/339

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
     Every society organized prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1959 and which society on that date was transacting business under a certificate of authority issued by the Director may continue to transact such business subject to the provisions of this article, but except as provided in Section 336a no person, firm, corporation, society or association shall enter business as a burial society after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1959.