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legal interest

 
 
noun [C] LAW, PROPERTY

Definition

the right to own all or part of something: a legal interest in sth The trustee has a legal interest in the property. → Compare beneficial interest
(Definition of legal interest noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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