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champerty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cham-per-ty
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

champerties (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

camp campus champart champertous champertor barratry

Questions

What does champerty mean?
The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
Where does champerty come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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