quibble
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quibble
verb bicker, cavil, contend with, differ, dispute, dissent, equivocate, fence, haggle, join issue, oppose, palter, quarrel, tergiversate, wrangleSee also: equivocate, haggle, prevaricate, tergiversate
QUIBBLE. A slight difficulty raised without necessity or propriety; a cavil.
2. No justly eminent member of the bar will resort to a quibble in his
argument. It is contrary to his oath, which is to be true to the court as
well as to the client; and bad policy because by resorting to it, he will
lose his character as a man of probity.