Pettifogging
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Practicing the arts of a pettifogger, like the raising of unprofessional or dishonorable quibbles, practicing petty deceptions on the court, attempting to bring scandalous or impertinent issues into the trial, etc.