champerty
11champerty — [ tʃampəti] 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 ME: from Anglo Norman Fr.… …
12Champerty — ♦ A procedure by which a person having no legal concern in a suit promises aid or influence to one party in return for a share of the matter in the suit, if successful; usually linked with maintenance. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law …
13champerty — cham·per·ty …
14champerty — cham•per•ty [[t]ˈtʃæm pər ti[/t]] n. law a sharing in the proceeds of litigation in return for helping to prosecute or defend a case • Etymology: 1300–50; ME champartie < champart < MF: share of the produce (=champ field (see camp I) +part… …
15champerty — /ˈʃæmpəti/ (say shampuhtee) noun Law an illegal sharing in the proceeds of litigation by the person who promotes it; now abolished in law. {Middle English champartie, from Old French champart share of the produce of land, from Latin campī pars… …
16champerty — n. Law, crime of aiding another s lawsuit in order to share in gains therefrom. ♦ champertous, a …
17champerty — /chimpsrtiy/ A bargain between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit by which the stranger pursues the party s claim in consideration of receiving part of any judgment proceeds; it is one type of maintenance, the more general term which refers to… …
18champerty — /chimpsrtiy/ A bargain between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit by which the stranger pursues the party s claim in consideration of receiving part of any judgment proceeds; it is one type of maintenance, the more general term which refers to… …
19champerty — A species of maintenance, being a bargain made by one called the champertor with a plaintiff or defendant for a portion of the matter involved in a suit in case of a successful termination of the action, which the champertor undertakes to… …
20champerty — n. (pl. ies) Law an illegal agreement in which a person not naturally interested in a lawsuit finances it with a view to sharing the disputed property. Derivatives: champertous adj. Etymology: ME f. AF champartie f. OF champart feudal lord s… …
