barratries

• traffic in ecclesiastical offices or prefermentssimony
• the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery
• (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo
• the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels

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