In criminal law. A common mover, exciter, or maintainer of suits and quarrels either in courts or elsewhere in the country; a disturber of the peace who spreads false rumors and cal- umnies, whereby discord and disquiet may grow among neighbors. Co.Litt. 368.
One who frequently excites and stirs up ground- less suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise. Mate v. Batson, 220 N.C. 411, 17 S.E.2d 511, 512, 513.