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champerty
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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
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
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
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 ’.
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