BARRETOR.
Barretor, is a common mover and exciter or* 1.1 maintainer of suits, quarrells or parts either in Courts or else where in the Countrey. In Courts of Record or others, as in the County, Hundred, or other inferiour Courts. In the County in three manners. 1. In disturbance of the Peace, in ta∣king or keeping of Possessions, or Lands in con∣troversie, not only by force, but also by subtilty. 2. And most commonly in suppression of truth and right. 3. By false inventions and sowing of ca∣l••mniations, rumours▪ and reports, whereby dis∣cord and disq••iet may grow between neigh∣bours.
A common Barretor, or Barre offender, is a common quareller, mover, or maintainer of quar∣rels, either in the Court or Countrey. Some de∣rive it of the French word Barrateur which signi∣fieth* 1.2 a deceiver, others of the Latin word Baratro, which signifieth a vile knave or unthrift, some of two legall words Barra, which signifieth the Barre in Courts, where causes are debated, and rettum, which signifieth a crime or offence. He is semina∣tor litium, & pacis Domini Regis perturbatur.