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Webster 1913 Edition

Champertor

Cham′per-tor

,
Noun.
[F.
champarteur
a divider of fields or field rent. See
Champerty
.]
(Law)
One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Webster 1828 Edition

Champertor

CHAMPERTOR

,
Noun.
[See Champerty.] In law, one who is guilty of champerty, which see.

Definition 2024

champertor

champertor

English

Noun

champertor ‎(plural champertors)

  1. (law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Etymology

From French champarteur ‎(“a divider of fields or field rent”). See champerty.

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