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Barratry

noun

Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments. Synonym: simony.

The crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery.

(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo.

The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.

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"Barratry" Quotes from Famous Books

... with the gentle lift and fall of the water. We boarded her, sad at heart that a craft so lovely should come to a pass like this; and 'twas at once plain to us sailor-men that 'twas a case of ugly abandonment, if not of barratry—plain, indeed, to such as knew the man, that in conspiracy with the skipper Jagger had caused the wreck of the schooner, counting upon the isolation of the place, the lateness of the season, the simplicity of the folk, the awe ...

— Doctor Luke of the Labrador • Norman Duncan

Words linked to "Barratry" : maritime law, law-breaking, crime, graft, traffic, criminal offense, law, jurisprudence, offence, offense, marine law, bribery, admiralty law, criminal offence, fraud