The lawyers have been engaging in legalistic hairsplitting.
lawyers making hairsplitting distinctions
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hair|split|ting — «HAIR SPLIHT ihng», noun, adjective. making too fine distinctions … Useful english dictionary
hair-splitting — hair split|ting [ her ,splıtıŋ ] noun uncount the activity of arguing about unimportant details or differences … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hairsplitting — hair•split•ting [[t]ˈhɛərˌsplɪt ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) cvb the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions 2) cvb characterized by such distinctions; quibbling: hairsplitting arguments[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30 hair′split ter, n … From formal English to slang
Hairsplitting — Hair split ting ( t[i^]ng), a. Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle. n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. [1913 Webster] The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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