The action of pettifog, v.; an instance of this; legal trickery or chicanery; petty quibbling.

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; petty quibbling or (esp. legal) trickery.

Pettifogging practice; petty quibbling or (esp. legal) chicanery; an instance of this.

Slyness or wiliness of character; the quality of being inclined to trickery, deception, or quibbling. Obsolete.