champerty

English

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]

Noun

champerty (countable and uncountable, plural champerties)

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “champerty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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