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
In any case, the entire, ever wistful publishing industry now chases riches through barratry, the offense of excessive litigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you so state, your insurance company will have no recourse but to ask your arrest on a charge of barratry.
From Smugglers' Reef by John Blaine
"According to public report," said the decree, "they committed barratry, sought illicit gains, and practiced unjust extortions of money or goods."
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Why, Dannie,” in vast disgust, “you don’t find the mention of barratry 31 from jib-boom t’ taffrail!
From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan
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