Champerty

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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”).

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