A "benevolent society" is a domestic corporation, association, or society which operates on the voluntary assessment or contribution plan for the sole purpose of providing, through assessments of its members, for the payment of a death benefit to the beneficiary of a deceased member.
N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-16-01
Benevolent society defined
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