champerty
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |