A “pettifogging shyster” is an unscrupulous practitioner who disgraces his profession by doing mean work, and resorts to sharp practice to do it Bailey v. Kalamazoo Pub. Co., 40 Mich. 251. See, also, Grlbble v. Pioneer Press Co., 34 Minn. 342, 25 N. W. 710. Si a jure diseedas, vaams oris, et enut omnia omnibus inoerta. If you depart from the law, you will go astray, and all things will be uncertain to everybody. Co. Litt 2276.
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