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champartie (1307-10)
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champartie (1307-10)

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champarté,  champarti;  chaumpartie,  chaumperté,  chaumpertie  
  FEW:  campus 2/i,157b Gdf:  champarterie 2,48a GdfC: ∅ TL: champarterie 2,201 DEAF:  champ  DMF:  champarterie  TLF: ∅ OED:  champertry n.  MED:  champart?e n.  DMLBS: ∅

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lawchamperty (offence of bargaining for a champart): 
( 1307-10 )  la vint le dit Evesqe par sa conspiracie e chaumpartie e feseit une B. […] empleder le dit W. des ditz tenementz pur les approprier a son maner  LANGETON 300.5
( 1321-22 )  le dit conte prist feoffment de son vallet avauntdit du dit manoir, par covenaunt & chaumpartie fait entre eux a comencement  Rot Parl1 i 398
( 1376-77 )  confederacies, champartiez, entrealiances & autres faucines  Rot Parl1 ii 374
a champartie
lawby champerty (illegal assistance to one party in a dispute in return for a share in any profits): 
( c.1394 )  la ad un R.B., sachant lez ditz terres et tenemenz estre en debate […] achaté les ditz terres et tenemenz du dit suppliant a champarté pur cent marcz  Chancery SC 71
bref de champartie
lawwrit of champerty: 
( 1310-11 )  En un bref de champartie  YBB Ed II vi 141
( 1338 )  Le Roy swyt un bref de champertie devers plusours; et le bref […] reccitta qe come il est defendu par statut qe nully ne preigne de meyntenere parties […]  YBB 11-12 Ed III 539

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champart 
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