# Legal interest

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For other uses, see [Interest (disambiguation)](/source/Interest_(disambiguation)).

A *legal interest* refers to the legally enforceable right to possess or use [property](/source/Property). The term may refer to past, present, or [future interests](/source/Future_interest).

**Legal interest** may also refer to:

- [Equitable interest](/source/Equitable_interest), which is a legal interest that may be enforced by equitable remedies
- [Estate in land](/source/Estate_in_land), a possessory interest in real property
- [Government interest](/source/Government_interest), the rationale of a government in enacting a law or regulation
- [Legal good](/source/Legal_good), an interest protected by criminal law
- [Right to property](/source/Right_to_property), the normative concept of entitlement to property
- Other forms of [nonpossessory interest in land](/source/Nonpossessory_interest_in_land)

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