cham·per·ty (ch m p r-t )n. pl. cham·per·ties A sharing in the proceeds of a lawsuit by an outside party who has promoted the litigation. [Middle English champartie, from Old French champart, the lord's share of the tenant's crop, from Medieval Latin campars, camp  pars : Latin camp, genitive of campus, field + Latin pars, part; see part.]cham per·tous (-ts) adj. |
champerty [ˈtʃæmpətɪ]
n pl -ties
(Law) Law (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered See also maintenance
[from Anglo-French champartie, from Old French champart share of produce, from champ field + part share (a feudal lord's)]
champertous adj
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| Noun | 1. | champerty - an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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