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Definition of champerty in English: champertynoun ˈtʃampətiˈtʃæmpərdi mass nounLaw 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. Example sentencesExamples - Historically, English and American common law has prohibited champerty - and officially, that is still the American rule.
- The rules have been around since the mediaeval laws about champerty and barratry.
- It is said to be Victoria where the agreement is made, a State in which maintenance and champerty is no longer unlawful, perhaps not even tortious.
- It is a defence to the tort of maintenance or champerty that the person interfering in the litigation has an interest recognised by law in the proceedings.
- First, that ought to weigh with the court in considering, in connection with the law of champerty, whether the agreement into which he entered was justifiable.
Derivatives adjective Law In our contention the Court of Appeal wrongly regarded the 1993 Act as abolishing more than the consequences in criminal law and in tort of champertous conduct. Example sentencesExamples - In any event even if they themselves were a firm of solicitors their agreement would be champertous.
- It is possible, but exceptional, to be able to justify a champertous agreement on the basis of common interest.
- A champertous agreement was illegal and void, involving as it did criminal conduct.
- The Court of Appeal agreed with the Master that the agreements were not champertous.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French champartie, from Old French champart 'feudal lord's share of produce', from Latin campus 'field' + pars 'part'. Definition of champerty in US English: champertynounˈCHampərdēˈtʃæmpərdi Law 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. Example sentencesExamples - First, that ought to weigh with the court in considering, in connection with the law of champerty, whether the agreement into which he entered was justifiable.
- It is a defence to the tort of maintenance or champerty that the person interfering in the litigation has an interest recognised by law in the proceedings.
- Historically, English and American common law has prohibited champerty - and officially, that is still the American rule.
- The rules have been around since the mediaeval laws about champerty and barratry.
- It is said to be Victoria where the agreement is made, a State in which maintenance and champerty is no longer unlawful, perhaps not even tortious.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French champartie, from Old French champart ‘feudal lord's share of produce’, from Latin campus ‘field’ + pars ‘part’. |