CHAMPERTY

Pronunciation (US):

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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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