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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Champart, -ert, n. [OF. champart (AF. also chaumpart), ME. champartie (Chaucer).] Assistance given to a party in a suit in return for a share in the gains. a 1329 Acts I. 112/1.
Quod nullus cancellarius [etc.] … terram seu aliquam rem aliam capiat ad champart, ad differendum seu prorogandum jus alterius extra formam juris 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v.
[Champert, ane bud, or gift, taken be onie greate man, … for delay of iust actiones 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. 250.]
All judges are forbidden to take land, or any thing else, to champart
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