jot and tittle

jot and tittle

The very smallest detail(s) or amount(s). "Jot," derived from the word for the Greek letter "iota," is a small amount, while a "tittle" is the dot over a lowercase i. Make sure every jot and tittle in the contract is perfect. We can't afford to lose money over some typo or technicality. We'll be scanning each jot and tittle of these documents for errors.
See also: and, jot, tittle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • jot
  • jot or tittle
  • tittle
  • if that
  • as many as
  • as many as...
  • in the order of (some amount)
  • in/of the order of
  • of the order of (some amount)
  • budget dust
References in periodicals archive
"I think there are some issues to be quite honest, when the issue is not for the Minister actually to take every single thing, every jot and tittle that has to be dealt with."
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Not surprisingly, a bestseller this big has generated whole libraries of books explaining, interpreting, and commenting on its meaning, history, and importance--as well as monstrous concordances tracking and counting every jot and tittle appearing between Genesis and Revelation.
Unearthing the bible's hidden treasures
"Foreign policy-makers in the Bush administration ought to quit fussing about every jot and tittle on the agendas of international conferences and instead send high-level delegations to make our government's case."
Vintage vernacular. (FREE PRESS)
In theory, law -- its principles, outcomes, and the entire body of its text -- is completely knowable, down to every jot and tittle. A person researching some question of law ought to be able to quickly and easily derive an answer with certainty.
Th Legal System and Knowledge Management
More troubling, however, is the demand to document every jot and tittle. Keeping records costs time and money.
Lippo suction: the "good-government" crowd caused this mess. Who believes they can clean it up?
Hence, if the taxpayer is able to produce (or reproduce) its books and records during an examination (and can satisfy the IRS concerning the underlying integrity of the records), then the taxpayer's failure to abide by every jot and tittle of the procedure should be immaterial.
Notice 96-10: draft revenue procedure on the use of imaging systems to satisfy the requirements of section 6001 of the Internal Revenue Code