property interest
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 408 U.S. 564 - Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 1972Most cited · 28,461 citing opinions
To have a property interest in a benefit, a person clearly must have more than an abstract need or desire for it. He must have more than a unilateral expectation of it. He must, instead, have a legitimate claim of entitlement to it.
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 18752 — in this section
Except as provided in clause (ii), the term "property interest" means any interest in real property or personal property (as those terms are defined in section 200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on November 15, 2021)).