| 单词 | champerty |
| 例句 | In the Supreme Court’s definition, “Maintenance is helping another prosecute a suit; champerty is maintaining a suit in return for a financial interest in the outcome.” The Week in Business: Thiel’s Crusade, a Brief T.S.A. Success, and More 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z During the Middle Ages, this concept of ‘‘champerty’’ — assisting another person’s lawsuit in exchange for a share of the proceeds — emerged as part of the larger ecclesiastical taboo against usury. Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The word champerty derives from the old French term champart, meaning sharing part of a tenant's field or crop. Litigation funders become big business, enjoying booming market in UK 2012-05-25T16:15:00Z Restrictions on champerty faded as the law evolved. Back a Lawsuit, Get a Return 2012-01-12T21:30:36Z It is not, however, champerty to charge the subject-matter of a suit in order to obtain the means of prosecuting it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The purchase of a lawsuit," says Chancellor Kent, "by an attorney, is champerty in its most odious form; and it ought equally to be condemned on principles of public policy. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition Twenty-eight states now explicitly permit champerty, as long as funders do not act out of malice, back frivolous lawsuits or exert too much control over trial strategy. Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Andersen," said I, moving up to the group, "did you ever hear of such things as champerty and maintenance? Heart's Desire The heavy fines by the Star Court put an end to conspiracies to defraud, champerty, livery, and maintenance. Our Legal Heritage He called champerty ‘‘a hoary doctrine’’ that time had ‘‘narrowed to a filament.’’ Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z In England, contingent fees are held to be clearly within the statutes of champerty and maintenance. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition Though the word was associated with feudal land grabs, Radin notes that in practice, champerty was used by rich lawyers ‘‘on behalf of propertied defendants.’’ Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z |
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