technicality

noun (plural technicalities)

• a point of law or a small detail of a set of rules, as contrasted with the intent or purpose of the rules:their convictions were overturned on a technicality
• (technicalities) the specific details or terms belonging to a particular field:he has great expertise in the technicalities of the game
• [mass noun] the state of being technical; the use of technical terms or methods:the extreme technicality of the proposed constitution