noun
champerty
Champerty (noun) means putting money into someone else's legal case even though you have no personal stake in its outcome.
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Putting money into someone else's legal case even though you have no personal stake in its outcome.
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Etymology
From Middle English champartie, from Middle French champart ("field rent, the portion of a field's produce paid to a feudal lord"), probably from Latin campī ("fields") plus pars ("part").
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What is the meaning of champerty?
"champerty" (noun) means putting money into someone else's legal case even though you have no personal stake in its outcome.
