cham|per|ty

cham|per|ty
cham|per|ty «CHAM puhr tee», noun.
Law. an illegal proceeding whereby a party not otherwise interested in a suit aids a plaintiff or defendant for a share of the matter in suit in case of success.
[< Anglo-French champart sharecropping < Old French champ (< Latin campus field) + part part]

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