In old Eugllsh law. “A corporation is an investing of the people of a place with the local government thereof, and therefore their laws shall bind strangers; but a fraternity is some people of a place united together in respect to a mystery or business into a company, and their laws and ordinances cannot bind strangers.” Cuddon v. Eastwick, 1 Salk. 192
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
