Society
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An association or company of persons (generally not incorporated) united together for any mutual or common purpose. In a wider sense, the community or public; the people in general.
See New York County Medical Ass'n v. New York, 32 Misc. Rep. 116, 65 N. Y. Supp. 531; Josey v. Union In & T. Co., 106 Gn. 608, 32 S. E. 628; Gilmer v. Stone, 120 U. S. 586, 7 Sup. Ct 689, 30 L. Ed. 734.