Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legitimate interest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: le-git-i-mate in-ter-est
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of legal right protected under Italian law in addition to subjective rights that confers legitimacy to certain administrative powers.

noun

A type of clause included in some contracts to allow access to private data.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legitimate, interest.

Example Sentences

"The legitimate interest, also know as the 'balance of interest clause' allows a relatively more flexible area (when compared with the other bases of legitimation) within which data controllers can process data lawfully."

Inflected Forms

legitimate interests (plural)

Questions

What does legitimate interest mean?: A type of legal right protected under Italian law in addition to subjective rights that confers legitimacy to certain administrative powers.

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