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 cham·per·ty /ˈʧæmpɚ/
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 Cham·per·ty n.
 1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.]
 Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness,
 Ne may with Venus holde champartye.   --Chaucer.
 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.
 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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