![]() ![]() The words "flag, standard, color or ensign," as used in Sections 16-17-220 and 16-17-230, shall include any flag, standard, color or ensign or any picture or representation made of any substance or represented on any substance and of any size, evidently purporting to be of the flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, the Confederate States of America or this State, or a picture or representation upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number or either thereof or by which the person seeing such picture or representation without deliberation may believe it to represent the flag, colors, standard or ensign of the United States, the Confederate States of America or this State. The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as repealing any existing statute or the common law of this State with respect to the subject matter of any of the provisions hereof. Corporations or unincorporated associations convicted of barratry barred from doing business in State.Īny corporation or unincorporated association found guilty of the crime of barratry shall be forever barred from doing any business or carrying on any activity within this State, and in the case of a corporation its charter or certificate of domestication shall be summarily revoked by the Secretary of State. Liability of corporations and unincorporated associations.Īs used in Section 16-17-10 the term "person" shall include corporations and unincorporated associations, and the statutes and laws of this State pertaining to criminal liability and enforcement thereof against corporations shall apply to any unincorporated association convicted of barratry. Persons convicted of barratry barred from practice of law.Īny person convicted of barratry shall be forever barred from practicing law in this State. The crime of barratry shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than two years, or both. Shall be guilty of the crime of barratry. (d) directly or indirectly receives any money or other thing of value to induce the bringing of such action (c) brings such action with intent to distress or harass any party thereto or (b) thereby seeks to defraud or mislead the court, (a) has no direct or substantial interest in the relief thereby sought, (2) Wilfully bring, prosecute or maintain an action, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction within this State and (e) directly or indirectly pays or promises to pay any money or other thing of value to any other person to bring about the prosecution or maintenance of such an action or (d) directly or indirectly pays or promises to pay any money or other thing of value to, or the obligations of, any party to such an action or (c) does so with intent to distress or harass any party to such action, (b) has no direct and substantial interest in the relief thereby sought, (a) thereby seeks to obtain employment for himself or for another to prosecute or defend such action, (1) Wilfully solicit or incite another to bring, prosecute or maintain an action, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction within this State and
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