One focus has been on such arcane questions as whether the Constitution permitted the imposition of martial law while Parliament was in session.

Many of the legal issues are arcane procedural questions about when pretrial discovery orders can be appealed.

Our waitresses were familiar with all the dishes and had plenty of time to linger and answer arcane questions.

Senior officials oversaw negotiations, made judgments on arcane questions of contracting procedures and ultimately overruled their own staff's recommendations on whom to select.

Their position on the arcane question of how to provide a safe habitat for red-tailed hawks at the center of large city was buttressed by experts.

But one influential politician is paying close attention to the arcane question.

Suddenly, the largest man shouted an arcane architectural question.

Ian would shout wild guesses to these arcane questions, which irritated Rasputin, when we managed to coax him out of the radio shack.

I scoured the Internet for answers to arcane questions like whether to oil or wax my newfound beams.

Given how much of American society is described in racial terms, these are hardly arcane questions.