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Definition of the day : « barratry »

  • As in breach : noun violation of a law
  • As in fraud : noun trickery, deception
Example sentences :
  • He looked at barratry from every side, and the more he looked the less he seemed to like it.
  • Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
  • The diverting a ship from her right course, with evil intent, is barratry.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • But as yet there is nothing but his own raving to convict him of barratry.
  • Extract from : « Mary Anerley » by R. D. Blackmore
  • For barratry and major sea-crimes, the penalty was death and dismemberment.
  • Extract from : « Merchantmen-at-Arms » by David W. Bone
  • But of all sins, that of “barratry” was one of the most hateful to him.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 » by Various
  • If barratry is insured against, delay arising from barratrous conduct of master or crew does not avoid the policy.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various
  • If you so state, your insurance company will have no recourse but to ask your arrest on a charge of barratry.
  • Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
  • Still, amidst these facts, which seemed to point pretty clearly to a case of barratry, there were serious difficulties.
  • Extract from : « Toilers of the Sea » by Victor Hugo
  • In Scotland, barratry is the crime committed by a judge who is induced by bribery to pronounce judgment.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The instances of barratry and of common scolds, I believe, are the only exceptions.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, » by William Brodie Gurney