...and name, and shall be Capable and able in Law to capable to Mil-, &C. sue and be sued, Implead and be Impleaded, answer and be Answered unto, Defend and be Defended, In all Courts and places, before Us, our Heirs and Successors, and Before all and any the Judges, Justices, Officers,...

...perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall and may by the said name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and places whatsoever; and also have power and authority to purchase, hold and enjoy lands, tenements...

...And, also, that they be, and forever shall be hereafter, persons able in law, capable to plead, and be impleaded, answer, and be answered unto, defend, and be defended, in all or any of the courts of his said majesty, and other places whatsoever, and before any judges, justices,...

...succession, and by their corporate name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction, in all manner of actions whatsoever; and may have a common seal,...

...shall Geoeral powers, be competent to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever, with full power and authority to acquire, hold, possess,...

...property, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of; to sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded ; answer and be answered unto ; defend and be defended, in courts of record or any place whatsoever ; and also, to make, have and use, a common seal, and the...

...real, personal or mixed, and the same to sell, dispose of and convey, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and also to have and use a common seal, and the same to break,...

...and the same to sell, grant, alien, and dispose of, at pleasure; also, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in courts o' law and equity, in lhis Commonwealth, and elsewhere; and shall be, and are hereby vested...

...and possess property of every kind,' for the use of common schools, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of record, or any other place whatsoever; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter...

...their successors shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of competent jurisdiction; shall be capable of holding stock to the amount of thirty thousand dollars...