therightto own all orpartof something:a legal interest in sthThetrusteehas alegalinterestin theproperty.Comparebeneficial interest(Definition oflegal interestfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal interest
legal interestAgrarian interests were pleased that thelegalinterestrate was again lowered, now reaching the six percent they had proposed in the previous session.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The program covers topics of generallegalinterestas well as issues particular to the common law and the civil law.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The refuge will not be officially established untillegalinterestin lands are acquired, through purchase or donation.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thelegalinterestmay encompass anything from fee simple ownership to conservation easement.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If a person has an equitable interest in property, this implies that some other person has thelegalinterestin that property.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In fact, an assignee may only have an equitable interest in the patent until it is issued and thenlegalinterestwould transfer automatically.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A trustee has alegalinterestin the property of the trust.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The law states that those requesting information must have alegalinterest.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To do this the plaintiff has to have alegalinterestin the case.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The local authority must have alegalinterestin the site, by owning or leasing it or having a nature reserve agreement with the owner.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/legal-interest##
