beneficial association

beneficial association
An incorporated or voluntary nonprofit organization that has been created primarily to protect and aid its members and their dependents.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


beneficial association
An incorporated or voluntary nonprofit organization that has been created primarily to protect and aid its members and their dependents.

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