☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Barratry

The offense of habitually exciting and stirring up groundless judicial proceedings. In admiralty law, any wrongful act by a ship's master or crew against the shipowner or cargo, such as willful damage or diversion.

Etymology: Old French 'baraterie' (fraud, deception) · Category: General Legal Terms · Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 11th Ed.
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