|  champerty 
 
 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
 
 
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