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Definition of Barratry

1. Noun. Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments.

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

3. Noun. (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.

4. Noun. The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.

Definition of Barratry

1. n. The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.

Definition of Barratry

1. Noun. the act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones
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2. Noun. the sale and/or purchase of political positions of power ¹

3. Noun. (context: admiralty legal) unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barratry

1. fraud committed by a master or crew of a ship [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barratry

barramundas barramundi barramundis barranca barrancas barranco barrancos barras barrat barrater

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