pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society. Origin of managerial. 1760-1770.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia. beneficence. the doing of active goodness, kindness, or charity, including all actions intended to benefit others. It is contrasted to benevolence, which refers to the character trait or moral virtue of being disposed to act for the benefit of others. In bioethics, the principle of beneficence refers to a moral obligation to act for the benefit of others. Not all acts of beneficence are obligatory, but a principle of beneficence asserts an obligation to help others further their interests.
Qualified beneficiary. Definition. Under the Uniform Trust Code, a beneficiary who has a present right to distributions under the trust as well as a member of the first group of remaindermen under the trust. This term is used by the Uniform Trust Code to limit and define the class of trust beneficiaries to whom the provisions of the Code apply by excluding remote remaindermen.