Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or characterized by barratry; fraudulent. Also spelled
barretrous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law Tainted with, or constituting,
barratry .
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Examples
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Despite his trademark fulminations and rhodomontades, it would appear that Lord Black of Crossharbour will not be hounding his world of enemies in his customary barratrous fashion anytime soon, as he had threatened to do before his trial commenced.
Black day in July 2007
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Despite his trademark fulminations and rhodomontades, it would appear that Lord Black of Crossharbour will not be hounding his world of enemies in his customary barratrous fashion anytime soon, as he had threatened to do before his trial commenced.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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A horde of pettifogging, barratrous, custom-seeking, money-making lawyers, is one of the greatest curses with which any state or community can be visited.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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"Well, it's gone with the codfish, and the fact is properly entered in the log as barratrous conduct on the part of the skipper.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
jmjarmstrong commented on the word barratrous
JM is a barratrous pacifist
September 12, 2010