conflicting interest

conflicting interest
A term, the legal significance of which is confined to representation of the interest, as where a real estate broker is representing both buyer and seller, and an attorney at law attempts to act both for his client and for one whose interest is adverse to or conflicting with that of his client in the same general matter. 7 Am J2d Attys § 154.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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