Middle English Dictionary Entry
beneficial adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | beneficial adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a law, a grant, letters patent, etc.: favorable, helpful, advantageous (to sb.).
Associated quotations
- (1464) RParl.5.519b : That the seid Graunte..be to the seid Priour and Covent..good, effectuelx, and beneficialx, after the tenure of the same.
- (1464) RParl.5.524a : That the seid Graunte..and all thingez in theym comprised be to the seid William good, effectuell, and beneficiall.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.44a : That this Acte extend not nor be beneficiall to eny other..persones atteinted.
- (1473) RParl.74b : That this Provision be not available or beneficiall to the persones aforenamed.
- (1473) RParl.96b : That oure Letters Patentes..be as beneficiall, and of as grete strenght, force, and effecte, as if this Acte..never had been made.