English-Thai Dictionary

champerty

N การ ช่วยเหลือ ใน การ ฟ้องศาล 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAMPER

n.One that champs or bits.

 

CHAMPERTOR

n.[See Champerty. ] In law, one who is guilty of champerty, which see.

 

CHAMPERTY

n.A species of maintenance, being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, to divide the land or other matter in suit, between them, if they prevail; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the partys suit at his own expense. The purchase of a suit, or of the right of suing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHAMPER

CHAMPER Champ "er, n.

 

Defn: One who champs, or bites.

 

CHAMPERTOR

Cham "per *tor, n. Etym: [F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See Champerty. ] (Law )

 

Defn: One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

 

CHAMPERTY

Cham "per *ty, n. Etym: [F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus ) field + part (L. pars ) share. ]

 

1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs. ] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance.

 

Note: By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature. From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

champers

cham |pers |ˈʃampəz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal champagne.

 

champerty

cham per ty |ˈCHampərtē ˈtʃæmpərdi | ▶noun Law an illegal agreement in which a person with no previous interest in a lawsuit finances it with a view to sharing the disputed property if the suit succeeds. DERIVATIVES cham per tous |-təs |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French champartie, from Old French champart ‘feudal lord's share of produce, ’ from Latin campus ‘field ’ + pars ‘part. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

champers

cham |pers |ˈʃampəz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. informal champagne.

 

champerty

champerty |ˈtʃampəti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law an illegal agreement in which a person with no previous interest in a lawsuit finances it with a view to sharing the disputed property if the suit succeeds. DERIVATIVES champertous adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French champartie, from Old French champart ‘feudal lord's share of produce ’, from Latin campus ‘field ’ + pars ‘part ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

champers

cham pers /ʃǽmpə r z /名詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠＝champagne 1 .