§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Filing of copy of written instrument or declaration of trust; fee; amendments; violations; consolidation or merger
§ 2A Names of or similar to other businesses; enjoining violations
§ 2B Investment company trust; trustee
§ 3 Trusts owning or controlling certain public utilities; filing copy of declaration of trust
§ 4 Trusts owning or controlling certain public utilities; annual statement
§ 5A Trusts; professional relationships
§ 6 Suits against associations or trusts; seals
§ 7 Investigation or examination of trusts owning or holding stock in certain public utilities; access to information
§ 8 Investigation or examination of businesses under same ownership, control or management as certain public utilities; access to information
§ 9 Refusal to submit to investigation or examination
§ 10 Jurisdiction in equity
§ 11 Application of chapter to rates or services
§ 12 Annual reports
§ 13 Examination of report; approval; endorsement; filing; fee
§ 14 Failure to file report
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 182 - Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Other entity: includes a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.