See Also: cursory(dictionary)
cursory(dictionary)
Benevolence(medicine)
benevolence(dictionary)
BENEVOLENCE, English law(law)
BENEVOLENCE, duty(law)
CONTRACT or BENEVOLENCE, Civil law(law)

BENEVOLENCE, duty (law) and cursory (iou)


BENEVOLENCE, duty (law)


BENEVOLENCE, duty. The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be enforced by law. A good wan is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel enforced by law. A good wan is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel him to be so. him to be so.

cursory (iou)



cursory adjective. E17.
[Latin cursorius, formed as CURSOR: see -ORY2.]
Passing rapidly over a thing or subject; hasty, hurried; superficial. E17.
T. Hardy Since he could not call at her father's..cursory encounters..were what the acquaintance would have to feed on. E. F. Benson The whole place, as could be seen at the most cursory glance, had been laid out with skill and care.
Travelling. rare. E-M17.
Hist. Designating informal lectures at medieval universities given, esp. by bachelors, in addition to the prescribed lectures by authorized teachers. M19.
cursorily adverb hastily, superficially E17.
cursoriness noun E18.