C H A 
To devour, 'with violent action of the teeth.—A tobacco- 
pipe happened to break in my mouth, and the pieces 
left fuch a delicious roughnefs on my tongue, that / 
champed up the remaining part. Spectator. 
To CHAMP, v. n. To perform frequently the aftion 
of biting.— They began to repent of that they had done, 
and irefully t > champ upon the bit they had taken into 
their mouths. Hooker . 
CHAMPACA' and CHAMPACAM', / in botany. 
See Mich Eli a. , 
CHAMPAGNAC', a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Dordogne, and chief place of a canton, in 
the dill rift of Nontron ; twelve -miles north of Perigueux. 
CHAMPA GNE (Philip de). a celebrated painter, 
born at Bruflels in 1602.- He difeovered an inclination 
to painting from his youth; and owed but little to mat¬ 
ters for the perfeftion he attained in it; excepting,that he 
learned landfcape from Fouquiere. In all other branches 
of his art, nature was his matter, and he is faid to have 
followed her very faithfully. At nineteen years of age 
he let off for Italy, taking France in his way; but he 
proceeded no farther than Parts. He lodged there in 
the college of Laon, where Pouffin alfo dwelt; and thefe 
two painters became very good friends. Du Chefne, 
painter to queen Mary of Medicis, was employed about 
the paintings in the palace of Luxembourg, and fet 
Pouffin and Champagne at work under him. Cham¬ 
pagne acquitted himfelf fo well, that he was prefently 
made director of the queen’s paintings, who fettled on 
him a yearly penfion of 1200 livres, and allowed him 
lodgings in the palace of Luxembourg. There are avalt 
number of his pieces much efteemed. He was made rec¬ 
tor of the royal academy of painting, which office he 
exercifed many years. He died at Paris in 1674. 
CHAMPA'GNE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Dordogne, and chief placeof a canton, in the 
diftrift of Riberac: ten miles north of Riberac. 
CHAMPA'GNE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Ain, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 
ftrift of Belley, ten miles north of Belley. 
CHAMPA'GNE, before the revolution, a diftrift of 
France, bordered on the eaft by Lorraine and Franche 
Comte, on the fouth by Burgundy and Nivernois, on 
the weft by the Me of t rance and Picardy, and on the 
north by Flanders; about fixty-five leagues in length, 
and forty-live broad: the land is fertile, and produces that 
celebrated wine called after its name: and abounds in 
grain and pafturage: it contained two archbilhoprics, 
Rheims and Sens; and four bilhoprics, Langres, Chalons, 
Troyes, and Meaux. The principal rivers are the Seine, 
the Marne, the Aube, the Meule, and the Ailne. 
Troyes was the capital. 
CHAMPA'GNE MOUTON, a town of France, in 
he department of the Charente, and chief place of a 
canton, in the diftrift of Confolent: ten miles weft of 
Confolent. 
CHAMPAGNO'LE, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of Jural, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftrift of Poligny : three leagues fouth-eaft of Poligny. 
CHAMPAI GN,yi [_c amp ague, Fr.J A flat open coun' 
try : 
Of all thefe bounds, 
With fhadowy forefts and with champaigns rich’d, 
We make thee lady. Shakefpcare. 
CHAMPAIN',or Point Champain,/. in heraldry, a 
mark of diflionour in the coat of arms of him who kills 
a prifoner of war after he has cried quarter. 
CHAMPCON', a town of France*, in the department 
of Mayenne : two leagues north-eaft of Mayenne. 
CHAMPDENIE'RS, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the two Sevres, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftricl of St. Maixent: ten miles north of Niort. 
CHAMPDIEU', a town of France in the department of 
the Rhone and Loire : one league north of Montbriion. 
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CHAMPFAU'X, a town of France, in the department of 
the Seine and Marne: feven miles north-eaft of Melun. 
CHAMPEI'X, a town of France, in the de partment of 
the Puy de Dome, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Iffoire : two leagues and a half north-welt of II- 
foiie. 
C H AM'PERTY, f. [from campi parthio, becaufe the 
parties in champerty agree to divide the land, &c. in 
queftion.] In law, a bargain with the plaintiff or de¬ 
fendant in any fuit, to have part of the land, debt, or 
other thing fued for, if the party that undertakes it pre¬ 
vails therein. Whereupon the champertor is to carry 011 
the party’s fuit' at his own expence. See 4 Comm. 135. 
1 hift. 368. It is a lpecies of maintenance, and punifhed 
in the fame manner. This feems to have been an an¬ 
cient grievance in our nation ; for, notwithftanding the 
feveral (latutes of 3 Ed. I. c. 25. 13 Ed. I. c. 49. 28 Ed. I. 
flat. 3. c. 11. and 33 Ed. I. &c. and a form of a writ 
framed to them ; yet4 Ed. III. c. 11 and 32 Hen. VIII. c. 9. 
enacted, That, whereas former ftatutes provided redrefs 
for this evil in the king’s-bench only, from henceforth 
it (hould be lawful for jutfices of the common pleas, 
juflices of affile, and juftices of peace in their quarter 
feflions, to ihquire, hear, and determine, this and fuch 
like cafes, as well at the fuit of the king, as of the party : 
and this offence is puniffiable by common law and fta- 
tute ; the flat. 33 Ed. I. ftat. 3. makes the offenders liable 
to three years imprifonment, and a fine at the king’s 
pleafure. By the ftat. 28 Ed. I c. n. it is ordained. 
That no officer, nor any other, (hall take upon him any 
bufinefs in fuit, to have part of the thing in plea; nor 
none upon any covenant (hall give up his right to an¬ 
other; and if any do, and be convicted thereof, the 
taker Hull forfeit to the king fo much of his lands and 
goods as amounts to the value of the part purchafed. In 
the conftruftion of thefe ftatutes, it hath been adjudged, 
that under the word covenant all kinds of promifes and 
contrails are included, whether by writing or parol : 
that rent granted out of land in .variance, is within the 
ftatute of champerty.: and grants of part of the thing in 
fuit made merely in confideration of the maintenance or 
champerty, are within the meaning of this ftatute ; but 
not Inch as are made in confideration of a precedent 
honeft debt, which is agreed to be fatisfied with the thing 
in demand when recovered. 2 Infi. 209. 2 Rol. Abr. 113. 
It is faid not to be material, whether he who brings a 
writ of champerty, did in truth fuffer any damage by 
it; or whether the plea wherein it is alleged he deter¬ 
mined or not. 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 84. A conveyance exe¬ 
cuted pending a plea, in purfuance of a bargain made 
beforej is not within the ftatutes againft champerty : and 
if a man purchafe land of a party, pending the writ, if 
it be bond fide, and not to maintain, it is not champerty, 
F. N. B. 272. But it hath been held, that the purchafe 
of land while a fuit of equity concerning it is depending, 
is within the purview of the ftatute 28 E - 1. c. 11. A 
leafe for life, or years, or a voluntary gift of land, is 
within the ftatutes of champerty; but not a furrender 
made by a lefi.ee to his leflbr; or a conveyance relating 
to lands in fuit, made by a father to his Ion, See. 1 Hawk. 
P. C. c. 84. The giving part of the lands in fuit, after 
the end of it, to a counfellor for his reward, is not cham¬ 
perty, if there be no precedent bargain relating to fuch 
gift; but if it had been agreed between the counfellor 
and his client before the action brought, that he fnould 
have part lor his reward, then it would be champerty. 
Bro. Champert. 3. And it is dangerous to meddle with 
any fuch gi t, fince it carries with it a ftrong prefumption 
of champerty. 2 Fiji. 564. If any attorney follow a cauie 
to be paid in grofs, when the thing in fuit is recovered, it 
hath been adjudged, that this is champerty. Hob. 117.. 
Every champerty implies’maintenance ; but every main¬ 
tenance is not champerty. Cram. jur. 39. a o this may¬ 
be referred the provificn of the ftat. 32 H. 8. c. 9. that 
no one fhall fell or purchafe any pretended right cr title 
to 
