New York legal term
Benefit in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Benefit” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Benefit” mean in New York criminal law?
"Benefit" means any gain or advantage to the beneficiary and includes any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary. 18. (N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Theft of services
- Bribe receiving by a juror
- Bribe receiving by a labor official
- Bribe receiving by a witness
- Bribe receiving in the first degree
- Bribe receiving in the second degree
- Bribe receiving in the third degree
- Bribery in the first degree
- Bribery in the second degree
- Bribery in the third degree
- Bribing a juror
- Bribing a labor official
Related terms in the same statutes
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