champerty
n . 帮诉
帮诉
champerty n 1 :
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 ;
"
soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty "
Champerty \
Cham "
per *
ty \,
n . [
F .
champart field rent ,
L .
campipars ;
champ (
L .
campus )
field part (
L .
pars )
share .]
1 .
Partnership in power ;
equal share of authority . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Beaut ['
e ]
ne sleighte ,
strengthe ne hardyness ,
Ne may with Venus holde champartye . --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
The prosecution or defense of a suit ,
whether by furnishing money or personal services ,
by one who has no legitimate concern therein ,
in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive ,
in the event of success ,
a share of the matter in suit ;
maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit .
See {
Maintenance }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature .
From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable .
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1913 Webster ]
CHAMPERTY ,
crimes .
A bargain with a plaintiff or defendant ,
campum partire ,
to divide the land or other matter sued for between them ,
if they prevail at law ,
the champertor undertaking to carry on the suit at his own expense .
1 Pick .
416 ;
1 Ham .
132 ;
5 Monr .
416 ;
4 Litt .
117 ;
5 John .
Ch .
R .
44 ;
7 Port .
R .
488 .
2 .
This offence differs from maintenance ,
in this ,
that in the latter the person assisting the suitor receives no benefit ,
while in the former he receives one half ,
or other portion ,
of the thing sued for .
See Punishment ;
Fine ;
Imprisonment ;
4 Bl .
Com .
135 .
3 .
This was an offence in the civil law .
Poth .
Pand .
lib .
3 ,
t .
1 ;
App .
n .
1 ,
tom .
3 ,
p .
104 ;
15 Ves .
139 ;
7 Bligh '
s R .
369 ;
S .
C .
20 E .
C .
L .
R .
165 ;
5 Moore &
P .
193 ;
6 Carr . &
P .
749 ;
S .
C .
25 E .
C .
L .
R .
631 ;
1 Russ .
Cr .
179 Hawk .
P .
C .
b .
1 c .
84 ,
s .
5 .
4 .
To maintain a defendant may be champerty .
Hawk .
P .
C .
b .
1 ,
c .
84 ,
s .
8 3 Ham .
541 ;
6 Monr .
392 ;
8 Yerg .
484 ;
8 John .
479 ;
1 John .
Ch .
R .
444 ;,
7 Wend .
152 ;
3 Cowen ,
624 ;
6 Cowen ,
90 .
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