Frivolous objection
1raise frivolous objection to — index cavil Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2objection — ob·jec·tion n 1: an act or instance of objecting; specif: a statement of opposition to an aspect of a judicial or other legal proceeding file an objection to a proposed bankruptcy plan 2: a reason or argument forming the ground of an objection ◇… …
3frivolous — /ˈfrɪvələs / (say frivuhluhs) adjective 1. of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice: a frivolous objection. 2. characterised by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct. 3. given to trifling or levity, as… …
4frivolous — So clearly and palpably bad and insufficient as to require no argument or illustration to show the character as indicative of bad faith upon a bare inspection; as a pleading, argument, motion, or objection. Strong v Sproul, 53 NY 497, 499 …
5cavil — n. 1. Frivolous objection, captious criticism, unwarranted censure, carping, censoriousness, wilful censure, objection for objection s sake. 2. Specious objection, specious controversion, specious disputation, sophistry, special pleading …
6cavil — I verb attack, belittle, calumniari, carp, carpere, censure frivolously, complain frivolously, condemn, criticize frivolously, decry, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, disapprove, discredit, disparage frivolously, faultfind, find fault with …
7Cavil — Cav il, n. A captious or frivolous objection. [1913 Webster] All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
8cavil — verb ( iled or illed; iling or cavilling) Etymology: Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive more at calumny Date: 1542 intransitive verb to raise trivial and frivolous …
9cavil at — Censure captiously, carp at, wilfully find fault with, pick flaws in, raise frivolous objection to …
10Tax noncompliance — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …
