Bounty Hunter
A bounty hunter is someone that takes a more active role regarding the information they learn. In some countries they are allowed to take the party to court using a special type of suit called a qui tam. In a qui tam lawsuit they represent the interests of the government. The government's attorney may or may not take over the case or assist. The bounty hunter gets to keep a portion of certain types of penalties accessed against a guilty party.
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Famous quotes containing the words bounty and/or hunter:
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep. The more I give to thee
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn,
Furnish’d and burnish’d by Aldershot sun,
What strenuous singles we played after tea,
We in the tournament—you against me!”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)