champerty (english) - Kamus SABDA

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

cham=per=ty

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

champerty(n = noun.act) - 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"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n. (pl. -ies) Law an illegal agreement in which a person not naturally interested in a lawsuit finances it with a view to sharing the disputed property.

Derivative

champertous adj.

Etymology

ME f. AF champartie f. OF champart feudal lord's share of produce, f. L campus field + pars part