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champerty

(c̸ham′pər tē)

noun pl. champerties

Law an act or proceeding by which a person who is not concerned in a lawsuit makes a bargain with one of the litigants to help maintain the costs of the suit in return for a share of any proceeds: illegal in most states

Origin: ME champartie < OFr champart, the lord's share in the crop of a tenant's land < L campi pars < campi, gen. of campus, field + pars, part: see campus & part

Related Forms:

champertous adjective

See champerty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cham·per·ties

A sharing in the proceeds of a lawsuit by an outside party who has promoted the litigation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English champartie

Origin: , from Old French champart, the lord's share of the tenant's crop

Origin: , from Medieval Latin campars, campīpars

Origin: : Latin campī

Origin: , genitive of campus, field

Origin: + Latin pars, part; see part

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Related Forms:

chamˈper·tous (-təs) adjective

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