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Champerty: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Champerty noun. An outsider paying for someone’s lawsuit in return for a share of anything won.
How to say it
CHAM-puh-tee/ˈtʃampəti/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (CHAM).
Champerty in a sentence
Under the old law of champerty, a stranger could not bankroll your case for a cut of the damages.
Litigation funders insist their business is not champerty, though critics disagree.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- maintenance
Where champerty comes from
From Anglo-Norman champartie, a landlord’s share of a crop, from Latin campi pars, part of the field.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Litigation funders insist their business is not _____, though critics disagree.
- verdict
- champerty
- sovereignty
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champerty: Litigation funders insist their business is not champerty, though critics disagree.