frivolous argument

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• Frivolous — Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to trifling;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Frivolous litigation — Tort law Part of the …   Wikipedia

• frivolous — Of little weight or importance. A pleading is frivolous when it is clearly insufficient on its face, and does not controvert the material points of the opposite pleading, and is presumably interposed for mere purposes of delay or to embarrass the …   Black's law dictionary

• frivolous — Of little weight or importance. A pleading is frivolous when it is clearly insufficient on its face, and does not controvert the material points of the opposite pleading, and is presumably interposed for mere purposes of delay or to embarrass the …   Black's law dictionary

• frivolous appeal — An appeal where the exceptions are so obviously frivolous on their face as to require no argument. Dachrach v Manhattan R. Co. 154 NY 178, 47 NE 1087 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• frivolous — 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 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• frivolous demurrer — A demurrer which is so clearly untenable, the insufficiency of which is so manifest upon a bare inspection of the pleadings, that the court or judge is able to determine its character without argument or research. Farmers & Millers Bank v Sawyer …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Tax protester 861 argument — The 861 argument is a statutory argument used by tax protesters in the United States, which interprets a portion of the tax code as invalidating certain applications of income tax. The argument has uniformly been held by courts to be incorrect,… …   Wikipedia

• Frivolously — Frivolous Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Frivolousness — Frivolous Friv o*lous, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tax protester statutory arguments — Part of the Taxation in the United States series Tax protest in the United States …   Wikipedia