Abuse of legal process covers wrongs of using the courts for improper ends. Barratry is encouraging lawsuits between others to create legal business for personal gain, it is illegal in all United States states, and a lawyer found guilty faces criminal punishment or discipline by the state bar. Champerty is an arrangement in which a third party supports someone else's lawsuit in exchange for a share of the outcome, and it counts only if the supporter has no genuine interest in the case. Abuse of process is a common law tort of misusing legal process for an ulterior purpose, and courts can also sanction frivolous actions.
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Barratry (Cornell Legal Information Institute Wex)
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Barratry is the act of encouraging lawsuits between others in order to create legal business for one’s personal gain and profit.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: champerty
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Champerty is an arrangement where a third party supports someone else's lawsuit in exchange for a share of the outcome.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: abuse of process
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Abuse of process is a common law tort that involves the misuse of legal process(es) for an ulterior purpose.
Barratry (common law) (Wikipedia)
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Barratry ( BARR-ə-tree, from Old French barat ("deceit, trickery")) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offence committed by people who are overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation, or who bring repeated or persistent acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment.
Vexatious litigation (Wikipedia)
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Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary.
Malicious prosecution (Wikipedia)
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Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort.
legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives): Criminal Law Act 1967, section 13
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The following offences are hereby abolished, that is to say, (a) any distinct offence under the common law in England and Wales of maintenance (including champerty, but not embracery),
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