Barratry

Barratry is a legal term with several meanings. it can refer to:

Barratry (common law), litigation for the purpose of harassment or profit
Ambulance chasing, when a lawyer seeks clients at a disaster site
Barratry (admiralty law), misconduct by crew of a ship resulting in its damage
Barratry also refers to the secular version of Simony

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