legitimate interest

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandinterest

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate interest

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We will speak of everything and do so from the highest place we can reach - all in thelegitimateinterestof finding out the truth.
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Religion was a matter in which the civil power had nolegitimateinterest.
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They now more readily accept that archaeologists have alegitimateinterestin the cultural property of indigenous people.
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But why does an individual not have alegitimateinterestin maintaining a valuable way of life, an interest whose setback gives rise to a valid individual grievance?
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Does that mean that there is nolegitimateinterestin members from other countries participating in those national debates?
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Manufacturers have alegitimateinterestin ensuring that confidentiality is maintained.
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Because of the wide andlegitimateinterestin this subject, we would expect to consult at some point on this matter.
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How a party then discharges itslegitimateinterestin individual life styles is another matter.
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That is a matter of public concern and, therefore, a matter oflegitimateinterestand concern for us all.
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This co-operation supports national objectives and also protects thelegitimateinterestof trade.
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I acknowledge that they have alegitimateinterest.
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However, the individual interest is not the onlylegitimateinterest.
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The first people to have alegitimateinterestif a child turns out to have an inherited disease are surely that couple.
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Surely the child has alegitimateinterestin and access to the records which should show the true and whole parentage.
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A commission would be required to disclose that information, regardless of whether the person seeking it has alegitimateinterest.
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The general public also took a keen andlegitimateinterest.
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However, it is necessary to distinguish between alegitimateinterestin their security and stability and formal treaty guarantees, which have not been provided.
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However, it must be recognised that the taxpayer also has alegitimateinterestin the business.
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Perhaps there is alegitimateinterest, but what are the limits?
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Was that alegitimateinterestof the depressed classes.
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