One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger. / (obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.

present participle of clart

plural of predictive coding

(law) The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.