...incorporated by the name of the Proprietors of the Macon Lyceum and Library Society, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity in this State, in all manner of actions, pleas or controversies whatever ; and in their said corporate...

...by that name, they and their successors shall be known in law, and have nerpetual succession ; sue and be- sued, plead and be im.pleaded, defend and be defended, in courts of law and equity, and in all actions and matters whatsoever ; may grant, purchase and receive...

...convey the same; may have a common seal, which they may alter, break, and amend at pleasure; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction, whether of law or equity; and when any suit shall be commenced...

...in any manner consistent with the true intent and meaning of the donors or grantors thereof—to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all or any court—to have a common seal, and the same to break and renew at pleasure—to make and execute...

...a body politic and corporate, by the name of the New-England Lace Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in any court of record, or in any place whatever, and shall and may do and suffer all matters, acts and...

...merchandise; and that they and their assigns shall be known by said name in law and equi y, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and chancery, and may have and use a common seal, and the same alter and amend '*"''"' <u at pleasure;...

...the same; may have a common seal , which they may alter, break, amend, or renew at pleasure; may sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded; defend and be defended in any court of competent jurisdiction, whether of law or in chancery; and when any suit shall be commenced...

...hereby are, incorporated by the name of The Proprietors of the Salem Athenaeum, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, defend and' be defended, in air or any courts of law, and elsewhere, in all manner of actions, pleas, and controversies whatsoever;...

...first day of July next, until the expiration of twenty years next following ; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of record having competent jurisdiction ; and also to make, use, and have, a common seal,...

...inhabitants of said city, by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive, and hold prop erty, real and personal, in said...