The Collaborative International Dictionary
pettifoggeries
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.
Wiktionary
pettifoggeries
n. (plural of pettifoggery English)