Fraternal benefit association

A society or voluntary association organized and carried on for the mutual aid and banefit of its mem-bars, not for profit; which ordinarily has a lodge system, a ritualistic form of work, and a representative government, makes provision for the payment of death benefits, and (sometimes) for benefits in case of accident, sickness, or old age, the funds therefor being derived from dues paid or assessments levied on the members.

National Union v. Marlow, 74 Fed. 778, 21 C. C. A. 89; Walker v. Giddings, 103 Mich. 344, 6i N. W. 512.