Champerty

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000923",
  "term": "Champerty",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An agreement in which an outsider to a lawsuit pays its costs in exchange for a share of any recovery, historically treated at common law as a wrong related to maintenance, the officious support of another's suit. Many US states have abolished or narrowed the doctrine, and third-party litigation funding is now widely permitted, although some states still restrict it.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/champerty/"
}