An association consists simply in the public assent which a number of individuals give to certain doctrines, and in the engagement which they contract to promote the spread of those doctrines by their exertions.
Elkarte bat, pertsona-kopuru batek doktrina batzuei edo besteei ematen dien atxikimendu publikoan bakarrik datza, eta doktrina horiek nagusi daitezen era jakin batean laguntzeko hartzen duen konpromezuan.