Barratry is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BARRATRY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the practice of stirring up groundless lawsuits, also BARRETRY
• vexatious litigation or incitement to it (abolished as an offence in Britain in 1967).
• trade in the sale of Church or state appointments.
• (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
• The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
• 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 trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.
• The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
• traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
• the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
• (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
• the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
• fraud or gross negligence of a ship's master or crew at the expense of its owners or users.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• fraud committed by a master or crew of a ship

Words related to BARRATRY

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