Apices Litigandi
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation. Nearly equivalent to the modern phrase “sharp practice.” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices litigandi, to turn a plaintiff around and make him pay costs when his demand is just.”
Per Lord Mansfield, in 3 Burr. 1243.