Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1793, 1909
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BARRATRY, n. A crime in Sc. law.
1. Of ecclesiastics.Sc. 1909 Green's Encycl. Law Scot. II. 25:
Ecclesiastical barratry was the criminal offence of corrupt purchase of benefices from the See of Rome by clergymen who went abroad for that purpose.
2. Of judges.Sc. 1793 Erskine Institutes Bk. IV. Tit. IV. 30:
Barratry. This [is the] crime of exchanging justice for money.
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