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champerty

champerty noun: the investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.

Noun

champerty (countable and uncountable, plural champerties)

  1. The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.

champerty meaning in Tamil

champerty in Tamil

பங்கு ஊதிய உடன்பாடு

Forms of champerty

pluralchamperties

Origin of champerty

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”).

Questions about champerty

What does champerty mean?
Champerty means the investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
What is champerty in Tamil?
Champerty in Tamil is பங்கு ஊதிய உடன்பாடு. See Champerty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is champerty?
Champerty is a noun.
What is the plural of champerty?
The plural of champerty is champerties.

Words near champerty in the dictionary

  1. champers
  2. champerties
  3. champertor
  4. champertors
  5. champertous
  6. champerty
  7. champes
  8. champeta
  9. champfrein
  10. champfreins
  11. Champhai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: champerty (page history and authors); champerty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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