 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 454 pages
...CHAMPERTRY, in law, a fpecies of MAINTEKANCE, and punimed in the fame manner; being a bargain with the plaintiff or defendant campum partire, " to divide...between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champcrtror is to carry on the party's fuit at his own expence. Thus Champart, in the French law, lignifies... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 pages
...fame manner 2 : being a bargain •with a plaintiff or defendant campntn partire, to divide ehe Jand or other matter fued for between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champertor is to cany on the party's fait at his own expence". Thus cbampart, in the French law, fignifies a fimilar... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1811 - 214 pages
...the same manner ; being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant to divide the land, or matter sued for, between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's suit at his own expense. The word therefore signifies the purchasing of a suit or right of suing. A... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...CHAMPERTRY, in Law, a fpecies of MAINTENANCE, and punilhed in the fame manner; being «a bargain with the plaintiff or defendant campum partire, " to divide...between them, if they prevail at law •, whereupon the champertror is to carry on the party's fuit at his own expence. Thus champan in the French law, fignifies... | |
 | 1816 - 844 pages
...it is recovered. Camel. (i.) CHAMPERTY is a bargain with the plaintiff or defendant campum par/ire, to divide the land, or other matter fued for between...whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's i'uit at his own expence. Champert, in the ci-devant French law, fignified a fimi.lar divifion of profits,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...Champerty, campi-partitin, is a species of maintenance, and punished in the same manner: heing a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law, and signifies the purchasing of a suit, or right of... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pages
...barty. gai'i with a plaintiff or defendant campum partiré, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the [* 272] *party's suit at his own expence. (z) Little is to be met w~ith in modern books upon this subject... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant cantpum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law, whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's suit at his own expence. To this must be referred the provision of the 32 Hen. VIII. c. 9. that no... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pages
...CHAMPERTY, campi-partitio, is a species of maintenance, and punished in the same manner 1 : being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pages
...CHAMPERTY, campi-partitio, is a species of maintenance, and punished in the same manner * : being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law ; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's... | |
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Champerty is a species of maintenance and punished in the- same manner ; being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law : whereupon the champertor is to carry... 
