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

These untutored souls had no proper conception of barratry.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd

By a statute of 1726, if the person guilty of common barratry belonged to the profession of the law, he was disabled from practising in the future.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various