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Definition :

Champerty, is a species of maintenance and therefore it is convenient to use the phrase 'Champertous maintenance', distinguishing it from simple maintenance, in which the element of champerty is not present, Trepca Mines Ltd. (in re:) (No. 2), [1963] Ch 199 (226).

means every champerty is maintenance, Hickman v. Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' Association (1920), as reported in 151 LT JO 5, (CA).