
Champarty
UK
/ʃæmˈpɑːti/
US
/ʃæmˈpɑrti/

Translation of "champarty" into Russian
champarty
NounUK
/ʃæmˈpɑːti/
US
/ʃæmˈpɑrti/
champarty
champarties pl
чампартия
The concept of champarty was used in medieval England.
Концепция чампартии использовалась в средневековой Англии.
Definitions
champarty
NounUK
/ʃæmˈpɑːti/
US
/ʃæmˈpɑrti/
Archaic, Law. An agreement in which a person with no prior interest in a lawsuit finances it in return for a share of the proceeds, a practice considered illegal at common law.
The judge ruled the contract void as champarty because the backer stood to profit only from the litigation.