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‖ champart|ʃɑ̃par|
[a. F. champart ‘a certain portion of the produce received by the feudal lord from land held in lease from him’ (Littré); in ONF. campart:—L. campi pars part of the field. Du Cange has examples of campipars, campars, campipartum, campart, -um, campartagium, campipartitia, etc., etc.]
1. The division of the produce of land; hence, a form of tenure or lease, in which the landlord receives a fixed share of the produce; also, a charge upon land, consisting of a part of the produce. Still in use in the Channel Islands.
[1292Britton ii. ii. §4 Mes si le seignur del arbre prenge autri ees en soen arbre, et il sache a qi il sount, il iert tenuz de les rendre, ou de garder les a chaumpart pur la moyté des issues taunt cum eus dourrount. transl. But if the owner of the tree takes another person's bees in his tree, and knows whose they are, he will be bound to restore them, or to keep them upon terms of divided enjoyment for half the profit which they shall produce.] [1775Ash, Champart, a part or portion of a large field.] c1651in Latham Channel Isl. 389 That camparts, likewise..be remitted and abolished. 1862Ibid. iii. xvi. 388 The land was subject to both tithe and champart,—the latter being a payment of every twelfth sheaf of corn. 1880Jersey Weekly Press 23 Oct. 2/6 Advocate Baudains..produced the deed..which did not state that it [the land] owed champart.
2. = champerty 2. (? Only in Anglo-Fr.)
[1292Britton i. xxii. §17 Ausi de nos ministres..qi averount nul plé meyntenu a champart ou en autre manere. transl. Concerning our officers..who have maintained any plea by champerty or in any other manner.] |