Bar Fee
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In English law
A fee taken by the sheriff, time out of mind, for every prisoner who is acquitted. Bac. Abr. "Extortion." BARAGARIA (Spanish). A concubine. BARATRIAM COMMITTIT QUI PROPter pecunilatn justitiam baractat. He is guilty of barratry who for money sells justice. Bell, Diet. Barratry at common law has a different signification.
See Barratry.