Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one who is guilty of champerty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One guilty of
champerty ; one who purchases asuit , or the right ofsuing , and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain ashare of thegain .
Etymologies
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French champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See champerty.
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