barratry

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Parker in mind, a Massachusetts congressman worked to amend the barratry law so that it would no longer be a capital offense.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2011

Ambulance chasing, barratry, capping, running, soliciting � by whatever name it is known, the practice of stir ring up law business is condemned by lawyers and laymen alike.

From Time Magazine Archive

In any case, the entire, ever wistful publishing industry now chases riches through barratry, the offense of excessive litigation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this period Ferret interrupted the narrator, by observing that the said Greaves was a common nuisance, and ought to be prosecuted on the statute of barratry.

From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

A celebrated case of barratry was going on in 1863, the date of my first visit, when Lloyds sent out a detective and my friend Capt.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir