[cham-per-tee] 
| a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on. |
| cham·per·ty (chām'pər-tē) 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, campīpars : Latin campī, genitive of campus, field + Latin pars, part; see part.] cham'per·tous (-təs) adj. |
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