champerty

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] with first term in turn from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare modern English campus and French champ (“field”).

Noun

champerty (countable and uncountable, plural champerties)

1. (law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.

Related terms

• camp
• campus
• champart
• champertous
• champertor

See also

• barratry

References

1. “champerty” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.