Benefit
51benefit — In contracts, any profit or acquired right. In workers compensation, benefit is the insurance payment for a fatal accident on the job ( compensation is for nonfatal injuries). Fringe benefits may be part of employment compensation other than… …
52benefit — A contribution to prosperity; whatever adds value to property; advantage; profit; whatever promotes our prosperity, happiness, or enhances the value of our property rights, or rights as citizens, as contradistinguished from what is injurious.… …
53benefit — [14] The element bene occurs in a wide variety of English words. It comes from Latin bene ‘well’, a close relative of Latin bonus ‘good’. Amongst its combinations are benediction [15], literally ‘saying well’, hence ‘blessing’, benefaction ‘doing …
54Benefit of Clergy — • The exemption from the jurisdiction of the secular courts, which in England, in the Middle Ages, was accorded to clergymen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Benefit of Clergy Benefit of Clergy …
55Benefit fraud — is falsely claiming money from the government. Typically, defrauding a government by falsely claiming state help or money. It is the subject of much media frenzy in the UK and Australia.Recently, the United Kingdom Department for Work and… …
56benefit in kind — ˌbenefit in ˈkind noun benefits in kind PLURALFORM [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES something other than money, for example free meals or a company car, that an employer gives to a worker in addition to their normal pay: • All benefits in kind are now …
57benefit of counsel — Advice from an attorney. Typically used in the negative ( without benefit of counsel ) to describe a situation in which a person was not advised by an attorney and therefore didn t appreciate the full import of his or her actions. Category:… …
58benefit of the bargain — benefit of the bargain: the advantage that would be or have been gained under a contract if completed as agreed; specif: the difference between the actual value of property and the value of property as it is represented in case of… …
59benefit principle — ➔ principle * * * benefit principle UK US noun [C] ► TAX, ECONOMICS the theory that people who use a public service or product should pay more tax towards it than people who do not use it: »The ability to pay principle of taxation stands in sharp …
60Benefit of clergy — Benefit Ben e*fit, n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See {Bounty}, and {Fact}.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. [1913 Webster] Bless the… …
