See Also: champerty(dictionary)
CHAMPERTY, crimes(law)

champerty (iou)



champerty noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman champartie, from Old & mod. French champart the feudal lord's share of the produce, from Latin campus (see CAMP noun2) + pars PART noun.]
Partnership in power. LME-M16.
Law. The action of assisting a party in a suit in which one is not naturally interested, with a view to receiving a share of the disputed property (an offence in the US and formerly in Britain). LME.
b. An act or (now US) case of champerty. LME.
fig. A combination for an evil purpose. Now rare. E17.
champertor noun (now rare) a person engaged in champerty E16.
champertous adjective (rare) of the nature of champerty M17.