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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 805 ILCS 150/1

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Whenever any post of the Grand Army of the Republic, camp of the United Spanish War Veterans or Army of the Philippines in this state organizes itself into a corporation under the general laws of this State relating to the formation of corporations not for pecuniary profit, the title to all property of such post or camp, real and personal, whether the same has been theretofore held in its own name, or in the name or names of any of its officers, or members or otherwise, in trust for said post or camp, shall immediately vest in, and belong to, such corporation by the name adopted by it upon such organization.