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Barratry

noun
1.
Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments.  Synonym: simony.
2.
The crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery.
3.
(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.
The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.





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"Barratry" Quotes from Famous Books



... so that every captain's name calls up a figure in pyjamas or white duck, and becomes used to a certain laxity of moral tone which prevails (as in memory of Mr. Hayes) on smuggling, ship-scuttling, barratry, piracy, the labour trade, and other kindred fields of human activity, he will find Polynesia no less amusing and no less instructive ...
— The Wrecker • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne


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


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