Beneficial
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beneficial
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Beneficial
Benefitting or tending to benefit; advantageous; helpful.
Synonyms of Beneficial
adjective
advantageous
aidful
aiding
anodyne
availing
beneficent
benign
benignant
conducive
constructive
contributive
contributory
convenient
cooperative
edifying
efficacious
favorable
fertile
for one"s good
for one"s interest
functional
gainful
good for one"s advantage
helpful
helping
improving
invaluable
obliging
of general utility
of service
of value
paying
practicable
practical
productive
proficuous
profitable
prolific
promoting
propitious
prosperous
remunerative
salubrious
salutaris
salutary
salu tiferous
serendipitous
to one"s advantage
usable
useful
utilis
utilitarian
valuable
worthwhile Associated Concepts: beneficial association
beneficial enjoyment
beneficial estate
beneficial gift
beneficial interest
beneficial owner
beneficial power
beneficial purposes
beneficial use
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What does Beneficial mean in American Law?
The definition of Beneficial in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
An adjective widely employed in legal contexts to distinguish a right or power one possesses for his own use and enjoyment from one possessed for the use and enjoyment of another. The primary locus for this distinction is found in the law of trusts: The trustee has legal title to the trust property, but he holds it on behalf of the beneficiary of the trust, the latter having the "beneficial interest." Similarly, the vendee under a contract for the sale of real property is said to be "beneficial owner," even though the vendor still holds title.
Most property, of course, is held both legally and beneficially, i.e., the person with title also has the right to use and enjoyment. Indeed so much is that taken for granted that it would be odd to describe the owner of a fee simple interest in real property as the "beneficial owner," or to say that he has the "beneficial enjoyment," or owns the "beneficial estate," or is "beneficially entitled" to ownership; he is just "the owner," and that he owns it for himself is just assumed.