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Definition of Barrater
1. Noun. Someone guilty of barratry.
Definition of Barrater
1. barrator [n -S] - See also: barrator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrater
Literary usage of Barrater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Croydon by George Steinman Steinman (1834)
"... that the rogues (as he called them) would swear him to be a common barrater;
then asked him, whether he believed there could be such rogues in England? ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"There are some instances at common law: A man is indicted for being a common
barrater, and there are no instances given in the indictment ; why then he ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Statutory Crimes: Including the Written Laws and by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1901)
"The case is like that of " common scold," " common barrater," and some others,
explained elsewhere.10 1 Tipton v. S., 2 Yerg. 642. before judgment, the case ..."
4. The Blue Laws of Connecticut: A Collection of the Earliest Statutes and by Connecticut (1861)
"It is ordered, decreed, and by this Courte declared, That, if any man bee proved
and adjudged a common barrater vexing others with unjust, frequent, ..."