Use; benefit; profit; service; advantage. It occurs in conveyances, e. ff., “to his and their use and behoof.”
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
As a word of discourse, Signifies need, (egestas, necessitas, indigentia.) It comes from behoove, (Sax. behoven,) to need or have need of. In a secondary sense, which is the law sense of the word, it signifies use, service, profit, advantage, (interesse, opus.) It occurs in conveyances of land in fee simple.