Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 500. Insurance Code of 1956 § 500.8161

(a) “Benefit contract” means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by section 8179,  1 as that agreement is described in section 8182(1). 2

(b) “Benefit member” means an adult member designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract.

(c) “Certificate” means the document issued as written evidence of a benefit contract.

(d) “Laws” means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated.

(e) “Lodge” means the subordinate member units of a society, including camps, courts, councils, branches, or other similar designation.

(f) “Premiums” means rates, dues, or other required contributions payable under a certificate.

(g) “Rules” means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by a society's supreme governing body or board of directors that are intended to have general application to the members of the society.

(h) “Society”, unless otherwise indicated, means a fraternal benefit society.