单词 | champerty |
释义 | champertyn. a. Division of lordship or power, partnership in power. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] contrariositya1340 adversitya1382 champertyc1386 contrariousness1398 thwartingc1430 contrariancec1450 contrariness?1530 withsitting1532 oppugning1535 opposition1548 oppugnation1563 thwartness1577 adverseness1580 crossing1580 breasting1594 antipathy1601 oppugnancy1609 affrontment1611 opposure1611 thortera1614 contrariancya1617 obstancy1616 oppositeness1619 contropposition1621 obstrigillation1623 opposing1624 hostility1632 opposal1638 crossness1641 affront1642 aversion1651 oppugnance1657 shock1664 opponency1727 counteraction1750 antagonism1797 throwing1816 oppositiveness1824 kick1839 variance1842 opposedness1853 againstness1909 hornet1921 adversariness1970 oppositionality1989 society > authority > rule or government > joint rule > [noun] champertyc1386 co-regence1654 co-regency1654 co-regnation1654 condominiuma1715 co-regnancy1886 tri-dominium1899 c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1091 Thus may ye seen þat wysdom ne richesse, Beautee ne sleighte, strengthe, hardynesse, Ne may with Venus holde champartie [1 later MS. maken champartie], ffor as hir list the world than may she gye. b. to hold (also make) champerty: to hold rivalry or contest, to hold the field against, to maintain the struggle, resist. Obsolete.Lydgate appears to have known the word only from Chaucer's phrase above, which he misunderstood. Some of the 16th cent. archaists followed Lydgate in his error. Π c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 131 Folk whiche..Dare to theyr wyfes be nat contrarye..Nor withe hem holde ne champartye. c1430 J. Lydgate Chron. Troy ii. xvi They stande full assured Agayne vs all to holde chaumpartye. c1430 J. Lydgate Bochas i. iii Against the heauen to holden champartie. c1430 J. Lydgate Bochas i. xviii. 1597 Trag. Guistard & Sismond ii, in Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems sig. Dv Yet mought not my frailte geinst such occasions Make no champarty nor no great defence. 2. a. Law. The proceeding whereby a party not naturally concerned in a suit engages to help the plaintiff or defendant to prosecute it, on condition that, if it be brought to a successful issue, he is to receive a share of the property in dispute. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal involvement in a suit champertya1329 maintenancec1350 maintenuea1393 a1329 Sc. Act 1 Robert I xxii. §2 Nec terram seu aliquam rem aliam capiat, ad Champarte, ad defendendum, differendum, seu prolongandum jus alterius extra formam juris. 1467 Ord. Worcester lix, in Eng. Guilds (1870) 400 The attorners..to execute ther office..wtout mayntenaunce, or champertye. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 25 Preamble Unlaufull reteynders, mayntenaunce, embrasyng, champertie and corrupcion. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. §216 Maintenance and champarty in sutes. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 48 There is no diversitie where a man selleth land depending a writ petitorie of the same land, or doe giue it depending the writ: for in both cases there is Champertie. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 86 (note) Sir E. Coke who being in danger of a prosecution..for champarty and maintenance being a judge. 1881 Standard 1 Aug. 5/2 Champerty is a bargain either with the Plaintiff or Defendant to contribute towards the cost of litigation, the price being a share in the spoil. 1882 Spectator 8 Apr. 459. b. An act or case of champerty. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal involvement in a suit > instance of champerty1450 1450 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 56 To enquere..all..mayntenaunces, champarties, embraceries..by hem..doen. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 452 [To] hear, and determine of all felonies, conspiracies, champerties, breaches of peace. c. figurative. A combination for an evil purpose. ΘΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy feudc1300 conspirationa1340 conspiracyc1386 confederacy1389 conspirement1393 confederation1535 complot1587 combine1610 champerty1622 cabal1663 frame-up1899 frame1914 stitch-up1980 1622 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VI. N.T. iii. 421 A combination and hellish champertie in these powers of darknesse. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 4 These made the Champarty, hee contributed the Law, and both joynd in the Divinity. 1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 21 If that the Historian had not been of the champerty, this Passage had been more plausible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1329 |
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