"avocasserie" meaning in All languages combined

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        "the action or habit (by a lawyer or, figuratively, anyone) of making pedantic, petty, sophistical, or contemptible arguments or legal maneuvers; pettifogging; rules lawyering"
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          "english": "The Court adds that proceeding not by a Charter application, but instead by pleading that one of the conditions for applying the presumption of identity has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, constitutes neither an ambush nor a tricky legal maneuver. It is simply the application of the fundamental principles relating to the right to silence, the presumption of innocence, and the need for proof beyond a reasonable doubt.",
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          "english": "Trying to buy a legal invisibility cloak by invoking no-fault insurance is a contemptible legal maneuver that would be laughable if we were not talking about the death of a 5-year-old child.",
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          "text": "...se magasiner une cape d’invisibilité juridique en invoquant le no-fault, c’est une avocasserie qui serait risible si on ne parlait pas de la mort d’un enfant de 5 ans.",
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