English Explanatory Dictionary

champerty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.

Word forms

champerty champerties

Etymology

From Middle English champartie, from Middle French champart (“field rent (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord)”), probably from Latin campī (“fields”) + pars (“part”).

Related words

camp campus champart champertous champertor barratry
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