FRATERNAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION

fraternal benefit association.A voluntary organization or society created for its members’

mutual aid and benefit rather than for profit, and whose members have a common and worthy

cause, objective, or interest. • These associations usu. have a lodge system, a governing body,

rituals, and a benefits system for their members. — Also termed fraternal benefit society;

fraternity; fraternal lodge; fraternal order. Cf. FRIENDLY SOCIETY. [Cases: Beneficial

Associations 1. C.J.S. Beneficial Associations §§ 2–3.][Blacks Law 8th]