Fraternity
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old English law
"A corporation is an investing of the people of a place with the local government thereof, and therefore their laws shall bind strangers; but a fraternity is seme pcople of a place united together in respect to a mystery or business into a company, and their laws and ordinances cannot bind strangers."
Cuddon v. Eastwick, 1 Salk. 192.