benefit of clergy

(historical)exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827

(史)英格蘭神職人員或修女不受普通民事法院審判的特權(quán)（始于中世紀，1827年廢除）

ecclesiastical sanction or approval

教會的批準（指在教堂舉行結(jié)婚儀式）

they lived together &B{without benefit of clergy}.

他們未經(jīng)教會同意正式結(jié)婚就同居了。

the benefit of the doubt

a concession that a person or fact must be regarded as correct or justified, if the contrary has not been proven

在未證明某人是否有過失或某種情況是否屬實以前假定某人無過失或某種情況屬實；無罪推定（指在沒有證據(jù)之前，先假定某人無罪或相信某人的清白）

I'll &B{give} you &B{the benefit of the doubt} as to whether it was deliberate or not.

在未證實你是否蓄意為之以前，我不認為你應承擔責任。

for the benefit of

in order to help, guide, or be of service to

為了…的利益

a venue run for the benefit of the community.

專為社區(qū)服務的會堂。