Section 10990 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 2.

. Any incorporated society, order or supreme lodge, without capital stock, 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 makes provision for the payment of benefits in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a fraternal benefit society. When used in this chapter, the word "society," unless otherwise indicated, shall mean fraternal benefit society.