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champerty

noun

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. derived from campī
  2. derived from champart
  3. inherited from champartie

Definitions

  1. The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA