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Thesaurus: vested interest

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

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  1. n. (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
  2. n. groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit