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CHAMPERTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Example:
soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("champerty" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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