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Fussing, or legal trickery
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pettifoggery
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker , bickering , spat , tiff , squabble , fuss ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. pettifoggeries . The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles. Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. --Barrow.
Usage examples of pettifoggery.
Lawsuits and pettifoggery may support a good many families, but a greater proportion is ruined by them, and those who perish in the hands, of physicians are more numerous by far than those who get cured strong evidence in my opinion, that mankind would be much less miserable without either lawyers or doctors.