SkyfireDict

barratry   (TTS Sound)

The noun barratry has 4 senses

• simony, barratry -- (traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments)


• barratry -- (the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery)


• barratry -- ((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)


• barratry -- (the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels)