Barratry
nounid
15738·updated May 18, 2026verified
(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo
polysemous
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- simony
- plural
- Barratries
- possessive
- Barratry's
- pluralpossessive
- Barratries'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
- §2
- (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo
- §3
- the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
- §4
- traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargoDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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