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Apices Litigandi

Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation. Nearly equivalent to the modem phrase “sharp prac-tice.” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices litigandi, to turn a plaintiff around nnd make him pay costs when his demand is just.” Per Lord Mansfield, in 3 Burr. 1243

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)