vested interest

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a special interest in protecting whatever is to one's own advantage

Mr Yates conceded: These cases are very difficult to prove because they are bargains made in secret. Both parties have an absolute vested interest in those secrets coming out..

a fixed right granted to an employee, especially under a pension plan
a right or title that can be conveyed
- An interest in which there is a present fixed right in real or personal property although the right of possession and enjoyment may be postponed until some future date or until the happening of some event
groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
(law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
Interest now in being, as opposed to interest anticipated It is a term frequently used with regard to the title of goods or land Property is said to vest when the absolute owner is finally established and that owner's interest is in no way capable of being terminated by anyone but that owner
If you have a vested interest in something, you have a very strong reason for acting in a particular way, for example to protect your money, power, or reputation. The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad
A person or group that has an economic or ideological stake in the legislative and regulatory actions of government Sometimes called a "special interest," "economic interest," or "moneyed interest " "Think of the [congressional] committee and you can think of the interest group or the company that will have an interest " -- former U S Rep Eric Fingerhut (D-Ohio)
title law, right of possession, tenure
phrase personal reason, utlerior reason, secondary reason
From a legal standpoint, a vested interest is an interest in something that is certain to occur as opposed to being contingent on an event that might not happen Thus, a vested interest refers to a present fixed right of future use or enjoyment
a legal claim or right to the present or future enjoyment of real property
groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
A fixed or determined interest in property
vested interests
plural form of vested interest
vested interests
those groups that seek to control an existing system or activity from which they derive benefit
vested interests
special interest, concerned interest
vested interest
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