1) French word used in English
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Barratry is a legal term with several meanings. it can refer to: ...
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[admiralty law] In admiralty law, barratry is an act of gross misconduct committed by a master or crew of a vessel which damages the vessel or its cargo. These activities may include desertion, illegal scuttling, theft of the ship or cargo, and committing any actions which may not be in the shipowner`s best interests by the master or crew. ...
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[common law] Barratry (i {Respell|BA|rə-tree}) is a legal term with several meanings. In common law, barratry is the offense committed by people who are `overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation” or who bring `repeated or persistent acts of litigation” for the purposes of profit or harassment....
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inciting riot or violence
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• (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. • (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of tru...
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(n) Barratry is the judicial proceeding or legal actions on a legally un-sustaining or groundless matters initiated as per the advices or directions of the legal advisors who will be benefited when the clients acts on their advice. Barratry is adopted by attorneys to extract fee from their clients.
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a *breach of the peace, which could be similar in form to *scolding
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Bar'ra·try noun [ Confer French
baraterie , Late Latin
barataria . See
Barrator , and confer
Bartery .]
1. (Law) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [ Also spelt
barretry .]
Coke. Blackstone. 2. (Mar. L...Found on
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The practice of instituting groundless judicial proceedings - a crime in a number of jurisdictions.
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Creating legal business by stirring up disputes and quarrels, generally for the benefit of the lawyer who sees fees in the matter. Barratry is illegal in all states and subject to criminal punishment or discipline by the state bar.
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In law, barratry is the stirring up of lawsuits and quarrels between other persons, the party guilty of this offence being indictable as a common barrator or barretor. The commencing of suits in the name of a fictitious plaintiff is common barratry.
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Barratry is any act committed wilfully by the master or crew of a ship to the detriment of its owner or charterer. Examples include scuttling the ship and embezzling the cargo. Illegal activities (e.g. carrying prohibited persons) leading to the forfeiture of the ship also constitute barratry.
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noun the offence of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
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Fraudulent, criminal, or wrongful act by ship's captain or crew which causes loss or damage to the ship or cargo.
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