Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pettifoggery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. -{ies}.
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
quibbles.
Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. --Barrow.
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