Pettifoggeries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. {pettifoggeries}.
     The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
     quibbles; chicanery.
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           Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries.       --Barrow.


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