pettifogger
pet·ti·fog·ger - noun - The definition of a pettifogger is a lawyer who handles minor cases using unethical manors (sic), or a cheater. An example of a pettifogger is someone who spends a lot of time fighting over unimportant issues in the courtroom.
pettifoggery
Noun (plural pettifoggeries) The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel. He was capable of using lawyerly rhetoric, at times, to the brink of pettifoggery.
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