Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pettifoggery \Pet"ti*fog`ger*y\, n.; pl. -{ies}.
   The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks;
   quibbles.

         Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries.       --Barrow.

Source : WordNet®

pettifoggery
     n : a quarrel about petty points [syn: {bicker}, {bickering}, {spat},
          {tiff}, {squabble}, {fuss}]