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cham·per·ty    Audio Help   [cham-per-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun Law.
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.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME champartie, equiv. to champart (< MF: share of the produce, lit., of the field, equiv. to champ field (see camp1) + part share, see part) + -ie -y3]

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cham·per·tous, adjective
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cham·per·ty    Audio Help   (chām'pər-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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champerty

noun
an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" 

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Main Entry: cham·per·ty
Pronunciation: 'cham-p&r-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
Etymology: Anglo-French champartie bargaining for a share of disputed property, from champart share of crops paid as rent, share of property in dispute, from champ field + part portion
: an unenforceable agreement by which a person with otherwise no interest in a lawsuit agrees to aid in or carry on its litigation in consideration of a share of the subject matter of the suit (as property or damages) —compare MAINTENANCE

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