What is the meaning of barratry?

noun

  • 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. .
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