barratry

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Parker in mind, a Massachusetts congressman worked to amend the barratry law so that it would no longer be a capital offense.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2011

Ambulance chasing, barratry, capping, running, soliciting � by whatever name it is known, the practice of stir ring up law business is condemned by lawyers and laymen alike.

From Time Magazine Archive

In any case, the entire, ever wistful publishing industry now chases riches through barratry, the offense of excessive litigation.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes," said Mr. Meyer, "he owns stock; and we insure against barratry; but this man, as part owner, could not fall back on it."

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan

I saw at once that here was a case of barratry of the master, and that the letter would jeopardize the whole affair of the insurance.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis