Definitions for barratries

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barratries bar·ra·try

Spelling: [bar-uh-tree]

IPA: /ˈbær ə tri/

Barratries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 485 anagrams from letters in barratries (aabeirrrst).

Definitions for barratries

noun

1. fraud by a master or crew at the expense of the owners of the ship or its cargo.
2. the offense of frequently exciting and stirring up lawsuits and quarrels.
3. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferments or of offices of state.
4. fraud by a master or crew at the expense of the owners of the ship or its cargo.
5. the offense of frequently exciting and stirring up lawsuits and quarrels.
6. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferments or of offices of state.

Origin of barratries

1400-50; late Middle English barratrie Anglo-French, Middle French baraterie combat, fighting. See barrator, -ery

Examples for barratries

If barratry is insured against, delay arising from barratrous conduct of master or crew does not avoid the policy.

But of all sins, that of “barratry” was one of the most hateful to him.

If you so state, your insurance company will have no recourse but to ask your arrest on a charge of barratry.

The diverting a ship from her right course, with evil intent, is barratry.

In Scotland, barratry is the crime committed by a judge who is induced by bribery to pronounce judgment.

He looked at barratry from every side, and the more he looked the less he seemed to like it.

For barratry and major sea-crimes, the penalty was death and dismemberment.

But as yet there is nothing but his own raving to convict him of barratry.

Still, amidst these facts, which seemed to point pretty clearly to a case of barratry, there were serious difficulties.

The instances of barratry and of common scolds, I believe, are the only exceptions.

But as yet there is nothing but his own raving to convict him of barratry.

The instances of barratry and of common scolds, I believe, are the only exceptions.

But of all sins, that of “barratry” was one of the most hateful to him.

If barratry is insured against, delay arising from barratrous conduct of master or crew does not avoid the policy.

He looked at barratry from every side, and the more he looked the less he seemed to like it.

If you so state, your insurance company will have no recourse but to ask your arrest on a charge of barratry.

Still, amidst these facts, which seemed to point pretty clearly to a case of barratry, there were serious difficulties.

The diverting a ship from her right course, with evil intent, is barratry.

For barratry and major sea-crimes, the penalty was death and dismemberment.

In Scotland, barratry is the crime committed by a judge who is induced by bribery to pronounce judgment.