a. [f. CHAMPART + -OUS.] Of the nature of champerty.
1641. Answ. Vind. Smectymnuus, Ded. 2. If after all their smooth insinuations, it shall be found, that this champertous combination hath gone about, [etc.].
1868. J. T. Benjamin, Sale Pers. Prop. (1884), II. 706. Taking a transfer of an interest in litigation as a security is not champertous.
