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, 2001–2019.
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