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vested interest

noun

1 vested interest

law An interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another.

Roget 780: property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et tuum [Lat.].    ownership, proprietorship, lordship; seignority; empire etc. (dominion) 737.    interest, stake, ... show more

Roget 924: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.    immunity, license, liberty, ... show more

2 vested interest

Groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit.


Moby thesaurus: Black Power, Italian vote, Jewish vote, Polish Power, White Power, absolute interest, appurtenance, authority, benefit, birthright, black vote, claim, common, conjugal right, contingent interest, demand, divine right, droit, due, easement ... show more.

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