See also:

• CHAMPERTY, or CHAMPARTY (Lat. campi partitio, O. Fr. champ parti)

CHAMPERTY, or CHAMPARTY (See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• CAMPI, GIULIO (1500-1572)

campi partitio, O. Fr. champ parti)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a bargain between a See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff or See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant in a cause and another See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide the See also:

• LAND

land (campum partiri) or other See also:

• MATTER

matter sued for, if they prevail, in See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of that person carrying on or defending the suit at his own expense . It is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour punishable by See also:

• FINE

fine or imprisonment . It differs only from See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance (q.v.), in that the recompense for the service which has been given 'is always See also:

• PART

part of the matter in suit, or some profit growing out of it . So an agreement by a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor not to See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge See also:

• COSTS

costs on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of retaining for himself a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the sums recovered would be illegal and void . It is not, however, See also:

• CHAMPERTY, or CHAMPARTY (Lat. campi partitio, O. Fr. champ parti)

champerty to charge the subject-matter of a suit in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to obtain the means of prosecuting it . See Fifth See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of the Criminal Law Commissioners, pp . 34-9 .