beneficial

beneficial
ben·e·fi·cial /ˌbe-nə-'fi-shəl/ adj
1: providing benefits or advantages
2: receiving or entitling one to receive an advantage, benefit, or use
a beneficial shareholder
a beneficial estate
ben·e·fi·cial·ly /-shə-lē/ adv

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

beneficial
I 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, salutiferous, 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 II index ancillary (auxiliary), contributory, convenient, corrigible, favorable (advantageous), gainful, instrumental, lucrative, medicinal, operative, palliative (abating), practical, profitable, propitious, purposeful, remedial, salubrious, salutary, valuable

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


beneficial
adj.
Profitable; advantageous; often used to describe entitlements enjoyed by the beneficiary of a trust who does not hold legal title to a property but is allowed to use it.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


beneficial
n. A right or interest that derives from something other than legal title.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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  • beneficial — beneficial, advantageous, profitable are applied to what brings good or gain. Beneficial refers to what promotes health or well being; advantageous, to what more directly conduces to relative superiority or subserves a desirable end; profitable,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beneficial — (del lat. «beneficiālis») adj. De [los] beneficios eclesiásticos. * * * beneficial. (Del lat. beneficiālis). adj. Perteneciente o relativo a beneficios eclesiásticos …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • beneficial — (adj.) mid 15c., helpful, advantageous, from M.Fr. bénéficial and directly from L. beneficialis pertaining to a favor, from beneficium (see BENEFICE (Cf. benefice)). Related: Beneficially …   Etymology dictionary

  • beneficial — [ben΄ə fish′əl] adj. [ME < OFr < LL beneficialis < L benefacere: see BENEFACTION] 1. producing benefits; advantageous; favorable 2. receiving benefit 3. Law for one s own benefit [beneficial interest] beneficially adv …   English World dictionary

  • Beneficial — (v. lat.), was zu einer Pfründe gehört …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • bénéficial — bénéficial, ale [benefisjal] adj. ÉTYM. 1369; lat. beneficialis, de beneficium. ❖ ♦ Vx ou hist. Qui concerne les bénéfices ecclésiastiques. || Matières bénéficiales. || Cause bénéficiale. || Revenus bénéficiaux. 0 Ce fut lui qui crut que Sénèque… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bénéficial — bénéficial, ale (bé né fi si al , a l ) adj. Qui concerne les bénéfices ecclésiastiques. Les revenus bénéficiaux. •   Ce fut lui qui crut que Sénèque dans ses livres des bénéfices avait traité à plein fond des matières bénéficiales, BALZ. 2e disc …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • bénéficial — BÉNÉFICIAL, ALE. adj. Qui concerne les Bénéfices. Ce mot n est guère d usage que dans cette phrase, Matière Bénéficiale. Être savant dans les matières Bénéficiales …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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