Legal interest

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
 * Right to property, the normative concept of entitlement to property
 * Other forms of nonpossessory interest in land