§ 1 Corporate bodies, church officers as
§ 2 Corporate bodies; status of ministers and lay officials
§ 3 Management of trusts; appointment of trustees; rules and regulations
§ 4 Corporate bodies, trustees as
§ 5 Succession of parsonage land
§ 6 Regulation of conveyances of church land
§ 7 Conveyance of land by minister
§ 8 Committees to settle accounts of officers
§ 10 Overseers or trustees of monthly meeting of Quakers as corporation
§ 11 Monthly meeting of Quakers; appointment of trustees; powers and duties
§ 12 Unincorporated religious societies; powers
§ 13 Reports of trustees
§ 14 Removal of trustees
§ 16 Regulation of solicitation of funds for charitable purposes on public ways
§ 18 Definitions applicable to Secs. 18 to 35
§ 19 Registration of charitable organization; filing of statement; contents
§ 19A Designation as veterans’ charitable organization
§ 20 Exemption from registration
§ 22 Contracts
§ 23 Solicitation disclosures
§ 24 Registration by professional fund-raising counsel, commercial co-venturer, or professional solicitor; annual financial report
§ 25 Records; public inspection
§ 26 Fiscal records
§ 27 Reciprocal agreements
§ 28 Deceptive practices prohibited
§ 29 Rules and regulations
§ 30 Investigation of violations
§ 31 Foreign organizations or persons; service of process
§ 32 Violations; revocation of registration; fines and penalties; injunctions
§ 33 Fiduciary capacity
§ 34 Common Fund for Nonprofit Organizations; membership; investments
§ 35 Paid solicitations and solicitors; violations; fine

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 68 - Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses

  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.