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unity of interest

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noun

  1. property law the equal interest in property held by joint tenants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"We're clearly finding some unity of interest, especially among rural members."

From Reuters Jun. 1, 2012

It is one of the great tasks of political leadership to make our people aware that they share a fundamental unity of interest, purpose and belief.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is one of the great tasks of political leadership," he said last spring at the University of Texas, "to make our people aware that they share a fundamental unity of interest, purpose and belief.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two again, as if they understood each other, gazed in a unity of interest at their companion, who sustained it with an air clearly intended as the happy mean between embarrassment and triumph.

From The Awkward Age by James, Henry

“And now, having shown our unity of interest with young Mr. Turner, there can be no harm in telling us where that beer is, can there?”

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

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