champerty

  • 91criminal maintenance — noun the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace… …

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  • 92wrongdoing — noun 1. departure from what is ethically acceptable (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑error • Hypernyms: ↑evil, ↑evilness 2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law he denied any wrongdoing …

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  • 93wrongful conduct — noun activity that transgresses moral or civil law he denied any wrongdoing • Syn: ↑wrongdoing, ↑misconduct, ↑actus reus • Derivationally related forms: ↑misconduct (for: ↑misconduct …

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  • 94champertor — ˈchampə(r)d.ə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: earlier champartour, champertour, from Middle French champarteor, from champart + eor or : one that engages in champerty …

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  • 95champarty — noun see champerty …

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  • 96cham|per|tor — «CHAM puhr tuhr», noun. Law. a person who is guilty of champerty …

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  • 97cham|per|tous — «CHAM puhr tuhs», adjective. Law. of the nature of champerty …

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  • 98main|te|nance — «MAYN tuh nuhns», noun. 1. the act or process of maintaining: »Maintenance of quiet is necessary in a hospital. 2. the condition of being maintained; support: »A government collects taxes to pay for its maintenance. 3. the act or fact of keeping… …

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  • 99ATTORNEY — ATTORNEY. Biblical law requires that the two parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests or magistrates (Deut. 19:17), i.e., in person and not by proxy. It was considered essential that the court should hear all… …

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