Fraternity
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A body of men associated for business, pleasure, or social intercourse, by some common tie, either natural, as of the like business, interest or character, or formal, as for religious or social purposes. “Some people of a place united together, in respect of a mystery and business, into a company.”
1 Salk. 193.