barratry

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A man with the same legal name as the lead character in the 1960s TV law show "Perry Mason" is charged with barratry, soliciting for a licensed attorney.

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  1. noun The offense of persistently instigating lawsuits, typically groundless ones.
  2. noun An unlawful breach of duty on the part of a ship's master or crew resulting in injury to the ship's owner.
  3. noun Sale or purchase of positions in church or state.

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  • And leaving those words out are like leaving "solicitor" or "ship" out of a discussion that mentions barratry. —  RealClimate
  • The master who fails to follow the shipowner's orders is guilty of the crime of barratry if a financial injury to the shipowner results. —  Latest Articles
  • A man with the same legal name as the lead character in the 1960s TV law show "Perry Mason" is charged with barratry, soliciting for a licensed attorney. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • "Perry Mason" is charged with barratry, soliciting for a licensed attorney. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • McCool has pleaded innocent to charges of improperly obtaining financial information and barratry. —  Local News from union-bulletin.com
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  1. Middle English barratrie, the sale of church offices, from Old French baraterie, deception, malversation, from barater, to cheat; see barrator.

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  1. from Middle English barratrie, from Old French baraterie, barterie = Provencal barataria (Middle Latin barataria), from barat: see barrat and -ry.
 

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/ˈbærətri/
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