champerty

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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
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus