champerty

Meaning of champerty

noun

an illegal agreement in which a person with no previous interest in a lawsuit finances it with a view to sharing the disputed property if the suit succeeds.

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French champartie, from Old French champart ‘feudal lord's share of produce’, from Latin campus ‘field’ + pars ‘part’.

Information about champerty

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of champerty is: champerties.
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Hyphenation of champerty

cham-perty

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • champerty is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with champerty

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