Massachusetts § 2 Definitions; corporation; articles of organization

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Definitions; corporation; articles of organization

Massachusetts § 2

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXIICORPORATIONS

Ch. 156BCERTAIN BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 2 (2026).

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Section 2. In this chapter, unless a contrary intention appears:

(a)''corporation'' shall mean a corporation to which, under section three, this chapter applies; and(b) ''articles of organization'' of a corporation shall mean its articles of organization, including any special act of incorporation, as from time to time amended by any of the following amendments:

(1)a certificate of a vote adopting the provisions of this chapter filed pursuant to section five;

(2)a certificate of a vote establishing a series filed pursuant to section twenty-six;

(3)articles of amendment filed pursuant to section seventy-two or section seventy-three;

(4)restated articles of organization filed pursuant to section seventy-four;

(5)articles of consolidation or merger filed pursuant to section seventy-eight, sec

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Section 2. In this chapter, unless a contrary intention appears:(a) ''corporation'' shall mean a corporation to which, under section three, this chapter applies; and(b) ''articles of organization'' of a corporation shall mean its articles of organization, including any special act of incorporation, as from time to time amended by any of the following amendments:(1) a certificate of a vote adopting the provisions of this chapter filed pursuant to section five;(2) a certificate of a vote establishing a series filed pursuant to section twenty-six;(3) articles of amendment filed pursuant to section seventy-two or section seventy-three;(4) restated articles of organization filed pursuant to section seventy-four;(5) articles of consolidation or merger filed pursuant to section seventy-eight, section seventy-nine, section eighty-two or section eighty-three;(6) articles of dissolution filed pursuant to section one hundred; and(7) a certificate as to the revival of a corporation filed pursuant to section one hundred and eight.