beneficiary

An organization or a person for whom a trust is created and who thereby receives the benefits of the trust. One who inherits under a will. A person entitled to a beneficial interest or a right to profits, benefit, or advantage from a contract.

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beneficiary n. a broad definition for any person or entity (like a charity) who is to receive assets or profits from an estate, a trust, an insurance policy or any instrument in which there is distribution. There is also an "incidental beneficiary" or a "third party beneficiary" who gets a benefit although not specifically named, such as someone who will make a profit if a piece of property is distributed to another. (See: incidental beneficiary)

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beneficiary noun  donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, one who receives, payee, receiver, recipient, usufructuary
Associated concepts: beneficiary of a trust, beneficiary under a will, cestui que trust

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See also: devisee, donee, grantee, heir, legatee, receiver, recipient, successor, transferee

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BENEFICIARY. This term is frequently used as synonymous with the technical phrase cestui que trust. (q. v.)

HEIR, BENEFICIARY. A term used in the civil law. Beneficiary heirs are those who have accepted the succession under the benefit of an inventory regularly made. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 879. If the heir apprehend that the succession will be burdened with debts beyond its value, he accepts with benefit of inventory, and in that case he is responsible only for the value of the succession. See inventory, benefit of.