Benefice

The word beneficia denotes

• the land or office given for hereditary use in the Middle Ages, see fiefdom
• the church office connected with income, see benefice , as a benefici fori a prerogative of the clergy in the jurisdiction
• a former Roman Catholic official title, today a formal legal status, see beneficiary
• literally translated: charity
• ancient in jurisprudence for a legal benefit; For example, the benefizium competentiae , the right of the debtor to withhold what is necessary for life from the sum due to a creditor, or the benefizium deliberandi , the period due to the heir to consider whether he wants to accept an inheritance or not

See also:

• Benefit
• Curate Beneficiary

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.