{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 2","heading":"Definitions; corporation; articles of organization","body":"Section 2. In this chapter, unless a contrary intention appears:\n(a) ''corporation'' shall mean a corporation to which, under section three, this chapter applies; and\n(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:\n(1) a certificate of a vote adopting the provisions of this chapter filed pursuant to section five;\n(2) a certificate of a vote establishing a series filed pursuant to section twenty-six;\n(3) articles of amendment filed pursuant to section seventy-two or section seventy-three;\n(4) restated articles of organization filed pursuant to section seventy-four;\n(5) articles of consolidation or merger filed pursuant to section seventy-eight, section seventy-nine, section eighty-two or section eighty-three;\n(6) articles of dissolution filed pursuant to section one hundred; and\n(7) a certificate as to the revival of a corporation filed pursuant to section one hundred and eight.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156B/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:37Z","sha256":"742606271caeca96fcd8346e32986200ce1f096c9eb74b6e86b8c67ee38e734e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-1","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156b-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}