"champerty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: champerties [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kh₂em-}}, {{inh|en|enm|champartie}} Middle English champartie, {{gl|portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord}} (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord), {{der|en|frm|champart||field rent (<span class="Latn" lang="en">portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord</span>)}} Middle French champart (“field rent (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord)”), {{der|en|la|campī||fields}} Latin campī (“fields”), {{m|la|pars||part}} pars (“part”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} champerty (countable and uncountable, plural champerties)
  1. (law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit. Wikipedia link: champerty Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Related terms: camp, campus, champart, champertous, champertor, barratry
    Sense id: en-champerty-en-noun-skcbEeRU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

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