{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156d-11.01","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156D, § 11.01","heading":"Definitions","body":"Section 11.01. DEFINITIONS\nAs used in this PART:\n''Interests'', includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation.\n''Merger'', a business combination pursuant to section 11.02.\n''Other entity'', includes a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation.\n''Party to a merger'' or ''party to a share exchange'', any domestic or foreign corporation or other entity that will either:\n(1) merger under a plan of merger;\n(2) acquire shares or interests of another corporation or an other entity in a share exchange; or\n(3) have all of its shares or interests or all of one or more classes or series of its shares or interests acquired in a share exchange.\n''Share exchange'', a business combination pursuant to section 11.03.\n''Survivor'', in a merger, the corporation or other entity into which one or more other corporations or other entities are merged. A survivor of a merger may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156D/Section11.01","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:41Z","sha256":"89728adf53829269d8522b90f87e7c5d9b5afaa15f74e364ca55492866683888","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156d-10.22","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156d-11.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}