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champerty    
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champerty
n 1: an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that
the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's
suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded;
"soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty"

Champerty \Cham"per*ty\, n. [F. champart field rent, L.
campipars; champ (L. campus) field part (L. pars) share.]
1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Beaut['e] ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness,
Ne may with Venus holde champartye. --Chaucer.
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2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by
furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no
legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an
agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success,
a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the
addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See
{Maintenance}.
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Note: By many authorities champerty is defined as an
agreement of this nature. From early times the offence
of champerty has been forbidden and punishable.
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CHAMPERTY, crimes. A bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, campum partire,
to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at
law, the champertor undertaking to carry on the suit at his own expense. 1
Pick. 416; 1 Ham. 132; 5 Monr. 416; 4 Litt. 117; 5 John. Ch. R. 44; 7 Port.
R. 488.
2. This offence differs from maintenance, in this, that in the latter
the person assisting the suitor receives no benefit, while in the former he
receives one half, or other portion, of the thing sued for. See Punishment;
Fine; Imprisonment; 4 Bl. Com. 135.
3. This was an offence in the civil law. Poth. Pand. lib. 3, t. 1; App.
n. 1, tom. 3, p. 104; 15 Ves. 139; 7 Bligh's R. 369; S. C. 20 E. C. L. R.
165; 5 Moore & P. 193; 6 Carr. & P. 749; S. C. 25 E. C. L. R. 631; 1 Russ.
Cr. 179 Hawk. P. C. b. 1 c. 84, s. 5.
4. To maintain a defendant may be champerty. Hawk. P. C. b. 1, c. 84, s.

8 3 Ham. 541; 6 Monr. 392; 8 Yerg. 484; 8 John. 479; 1 John. Ch. R. 444;, 7
Wend. 152; 3 Cowen, 624; 6 Cowen, 90.


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  • Champerty and maintenance - Wikipedia
    Champerty (from Old French champart) is the financial support, by a party not naturally concerned in the suit, of a plaintiff that allows them to prosecute a lawsuit on condition that, if it be brought to a successful issue, the plaintiff will repay them with a share of the proceed from the suit
  • champerty | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute
    Champerty is an arrangement where a third party supports someone else's lawsuit in exchange for a share of the outcome This support is usually financial, and is only considered champerty if the third party has no bona fide interest in the case, and is motivated solely by profit
  • CHAMPERTY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of CHAMPERTY is a proceeding by which a person not a party in a suit bargains to aid in or carry on its prosecution or defense in consideration of a share of the matter in suit
  • CHAMPERTY - The Law Dictionary
    Champerty is the carrying on a suit in the name of another, but at one’s own expense, with the view of receiving as compensation a certain share of the avails of the suit
  • Champerty: Understanding Lawsuit Funding and Illegal Agreements
    What it is: Champerty is an agreement where a third party with no prior interest in a lawsuit agrees to finance it in exchange for a portion of the judicial award or settlement
  • Champerty Meaning: Full Legal Definition (2026)
    Champerty means a secret deal where a third party funds someone else’s lawsuit in exchange for a cut of the winnings In legal contexts, it refers to a prohibited common law doctrine that prevents outsiders from having a financial stake in litigation they did not start
  • Maintenance and champerty | United States | Global law firm | Norton . . .
    Champerty is a form of maintenance, where a third-party pays some or all of the litigation costs in return for a share of the proceeds The rules prohibiting maintenance and champerty were first introduced in medieval England
  • The Assignment of Litigation Rights and Champerty
    Champerty is the prohibited practice of purchasing claims for the purpose of commencing litigation It has been described as “a venerable doctrine developed hundreds of years ago to prevent or curtail the commercialization of or trading in litigation ”1
  • champerty, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
    Factsheet What does the noun champerty mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun champerty, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • Champerty and Maintenance : Definition, Law, and Examples
    Champerty is an agreement in which a third party finances another person’s lawsuit in exchange for a portion of the settlement or judgment if the case is successful





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