North Carolina stratagem
(legal, US) A legal tactic in court proceedings, intended to place the opponent on to the wrong foot by unethical use of court procedures.
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(legal, US) A legal tactic in court proceedings, intended to place the opponent on to the wrong foot by unethical use of court procedures.
"They [judges] are awake to what is called the 'North Carolina stratagem', whereby an application is made, late on Friday with a thick pile of affidavits, to a judge unfamiliar with an area of law in the hope that the judge will grant th…
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