Champertor

Related to Champertor: Champarty

Cham´per`tor

(Law) 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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