champerty

noun

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

Roots

campuscham- · Latin · field partitaperty- · Latin · divided, share

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Where does champerty come from?

The word champerty breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: cham, from Latin campus (“field”); and perty, from Latin partita (“divided, share”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.