LEGAL WORD

Legitimate expectation

Doctrine · Administrative law

Legitimate expectation

  • Type: Doctrine
  • Area of law: Administrative law

1 What it means

A person may expect a public authority to keep a promise or past practice unless there is good reason not to.

2 Use it in a sentence

Students had a legitimate expectation that the scholarship would continue.

3 Make it stick

Write your own sentence using Legitimate expectation about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.

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