418:1 Fraternal Benefit Societies Defined. –
Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under RSA 418:36, I(b), whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society.