Tennessee Code 56-25-101 – Organizations that constitute “fraternal benefit societies.”
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-25-101
- Lodge: means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches or by any other designation. See Tennessee Code 56-25-104
- Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Society: means fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Tennessee Code 56-25-104
Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under § 56-25-704(a)(2), whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and that provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is declared to be a “fraternal benefit society.”