Simplex Beneficium
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In ecclesiastical law
A minor dignity in a cathedral or collegiate church, or any other ecclesiastical benefice, as distinguished from a cure of souls. It may therefore be held with any parochial cure, without coming under the prohibitions against pluralities.
SIMPLEX COMMENDATIO NON OBLIgat
A simple recommendation does not bind.
Dig. 4. 3. 37; 2 Kent, Comm. 485; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 700; 4 Taunt. 488; 16 Q. B. 282, 283; Cro. Jac. 4; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 354; 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 95.