Champerty: The practice of participating in a
lawsuit in order to share in the proceeds by a person not naturally a party to the lawsuit, that is, buying in to someone else's lawsuit. This practice is prohibited in some jurisdictions; in others, judges are considered to have the responsibility for policing such behavior.
Compare with barratry.
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