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Champert

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In old English law

A share or division of land; champerty. In old Scotch law. A gift or bribe, taken by any great man or Judge from any person, for delay of just actions, or furthering of wrongous actions, whether it be lands or any goods movable, Skene.