A group organized for a purpose other than to generate income or profit, such as a scientific, religious, or educational organization. [Cases: Charities 1, 39, 46. C.J.S. Charities §§ 2–3, 60, 62–63.]
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nonprofit association 非营利性团体 指这些团体的组建和运作不是以获取收益或利润为目的，如慈善机构、宗教团体等。
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owners’ association. The basic governing entity for a condominium or planned unit development. • It is usu. an unincorporated association or a nonprofit corporation. [Cases: Condominium 8. C.J.S. Estates §§ 211–216, 230.]
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An unincorporated, nonprofit organization that has a philanthropic or charitable purpose. — Also termed beneficial association; benefit association; benevolent society; fraternal society; friendly society. [Cases: Charities 39. C.J.S. Charities § 60.]
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articles of association. 1. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 2. A governing document — similar to articles of incorporation — that legally creates a nonstock or nonprofit organization. — Also termed articles of organization. — Often shortened (informally) to articles. See governing document under DOCUMENT(1). [Cases: Corporations 18. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 26, 33–35, 41, 559.]
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Video Electronics Standards Association. A nonprofit organization that promotes and develops open-display and display-interface standards for computers to ensure interoperability, and encourage innovation and market growth. — Abbr. VESA.
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Association of Legal Writing Directors. A nonprofit corporation composed of the directors and former directors of law-school legal-writing programs, mostly in the United States. • Created in 1996 to improve those programs, it supports research and scholarship; holds a biennial conference; conducts (with the Legal Writing Institute) an annual survey of the programs; maintains a
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nonprofit organization 非营利组织(→nonprofit association; nonprofit corporation)
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An irrevocable, discretionary trust that (1) is established and managed by a nonprofit association, (2) is funded with the assets of disabled persons, and (3) maintains a separate trust account for each beneficiary, but (4) pools the trust assets for investment purposes. • If the trust provides for distribution of a deceased beneficiary’s interest to
Legal Writing Institute. A nonprofit corporation founded in 1984 to promote the exchange of information and ideas about the teaching of legal writing. • It is composed mainly of legal-writing teachers at American law schools. Like its sister organization, the Association of Legal Writing Directors, it seeks to improve the teaching of legal writing through
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