petits paquets
/ˌpɛtɪ ˈpakeɪ/rare
noun
Politics. In French Colonial Africa: pieces of legislation or administrative actions limited in scope or significance, passed or undertaken in isolation. Now historical.
Origin
Early 19th century (in an earlier sense). Apparently from French petits paquets, lit. ‘little packets’, although this is apparently not recorded in dictionaries of French in these senses.