beneficial interest
1beneficial interest — see interest 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. beneficial interest …
2beneficial interest — ➔ interest * * * beneficial interest UK US noun [C or U] ► LAW, FINANCE the right to receive income, profits, interest, etc. from a business, contract, or investment: »He has a beneficial interest in 17,000 shares in the company. ► LAW, PROPERTY… …
3Beneficial interest — A beneficial interest is that right which a person has in a contract made with another (third) person. [ [http://www.lectlaw.com/def/b092.htm The Lectric Law Library s Lexicon] ] The typical example is if A makes a contract with B that he will… …
4beneficial interest — The right to the use and enjoyment of property, rather than to its bare legal ownership. For example, if property is held in trust, the trustee has the legal title but the beneficiaries have the beneficial interest in equity. The beneficiaries,… …
5beneficial interest — An expression with variable meaning, dependent on the context in which it appears; that which remains of the estate of a decedent after the payment of debts and the expenses of administration. 28 Am 1 Rev ed Inher T § 388; such an interest as a… …
6beneficial interest — /bɛnəˈfɪʃəl ɪntrəst/ (say benuh fishuhl intruhst) noun Finance an interest in a property, as in the property of a trust, held by a beneficiary to the trust. Compare equitable interest …
7beneficial interest — An individual s right to some profit, distribution or benefit from a contract or trust. Such an interest is different from the rights of a trustee, who has responsibility for certain assets, but who does not directly share in the benefits …
8beneficial interest — legal right that does not stem from ownership of assets …
9beneficial interest — /ˌbenɪfɪʃ(ə)l ɪntrəst/ noun a situation where someone is allowed to occupy or receive rent from a house without owning it …
10beneficial — 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 …
