A legal interest refers to the legally enforceable right to possess or use property. The term may refer to past, present, or future interests.

Legal interest may also refer to:

• Equitable interest, which is a legal interest that may be enforced by equitable remedies
• Estate in land, a possessory interest in real property
• Government interest, the rationale of a government in enacting a law or regulation
• Legal good, an interest protected by criminal law
• Right to property, the normative concept of entitlement to property
• Other forms of nonpossessory interest in land

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