barratry

Barratry is usually considered a crime against the ship's owner.

If so, those not party to the mutiny - barratry, whatever - will want to return home after it's all over.

Similarly, deviating from the assigned course is also not by itself barratry.

I'll have barratry profit even from my own shipwreck.

As late as 1885, barratry was a capital offense in the United States.

Barratry is a legal term with several meanings.

Gross misconduct of the officers is called barratry.

Also, harm to the crew can qualify as barratry regardless of who damaged the vessel.

The courts ruled, however, that failure to stop a fire, even if negligent, does not constitute barratry.

(The judge passed over the complaint about "barratry" in silence.)

Some bar associations strongly enforce rules against barratry.

Fire was ruled the cause of the cargo's destruction, not barratry and the insurance company was required to pay.

"The correct term is barratry, I believe.

Barratry is the "stirring up" of litigation by inducing individuals or organizations to sue when they otherwise would not.

There was still arson, and barratry, whatever that was, and rape.

The blind croupier produced a plaintiff who suddenly appeared and sued the bright young attorney for barratry.

Boasting that he would put an end to barratry, ironically he became famous for his venality.

Ambulance chasing, also known as barratry, refers to a lawyer using an event as a way to find legal clients.

"I have a reserve commission in the Imperial Barratry Corps.

(Barratry can mean either the sale of public office or persistent hassling by law suits.)

Pōhiva, however, had been subjected to harassment in the form of barratry (frequent lawsuits).

After thirteen suits had been filed over several years, in February 1864 the Count was charged with barratry, tried, and convicted.

The male equivalent was barratry.

Or space barratry.

Barratry, and drunkenness, and vitriol, and I cannot tell you all what, are the beams of the roof.