| NOUN | act | champerty | an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded |
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| Meaning | An unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded. | |
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| Example | "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
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