Pettieoggeb

f 1. A practitioner of law vchose business is chiefly confined to petty causes. 3. One who pretends to practice law, but is without either knowledge of the law or conscience.8 1 1 Bl. Com. 128. ''[IBl. Com. 143. 'United States v. O'Keefe, 11 Wall. 183 (1870); The Fidelity, 16 Blatch. 574 (1879); United States v. Lee, 106 U. S. 205 (1882). ♦ 1 Bl. Com. 143; 4 id. 147; 23 & 84 Yict. (1860), c. 34. » [1 Kent, 871. »The Tilton, 5 Mas. 468-73 (1830), Story, J.; Ward v. Peck, 18 How. 267 (1855), cases; 15 F. E. 285. ' F. petit, little; O. Dut. focker, an engrosser of com- An inferior attorney employed in mean professional business.! The expression " pettifogging shyster " can only apply to an unscrupulous practitioner who disgraces his profession by doing mean work, and who resorts to sharp practice to do it.^^