champerty

English

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”),[1] with first term in turn from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare modern English campus and French champ (“field”).

Noun

champerty (countable and uncountable, plural champerties)

  1. (law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.

See also

References

  1. ↑ “champerty” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
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