technicality (tech|ni¦cal|ity)

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