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

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

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1lawchamperty, illegal funding of litigation in exchange for a share in profits: 
( 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  300.5
( 1321-22 )  le dit conte prist feoffment de son vallet avauntdit du dit manoir, par covenaunt et chaumpartie fait entre eux a comencement  i 398
( 1366; MS: 1570-1610 ) pur ceo que par conspiracies, confedracies, comparties, mainteneurs de quarell, falx jurrours, receyvours d’amppartes en quarilles, les liges comunes de la dit terre en pursuit en lour droitz sount mult disturbez, grevez, et disherit[e]z [...]  44.VII.1
( 1376-77 )  confederacies, champartiez, entrealiances et autres faucines  ii 374
a champartie
1lawby 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  71
bref de champartie
1lawwrit of champerty: 
( 1310-11 )  En un bref de champartie  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 […]  11-12 Ed III 539
champart 
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