North Carolina stratagem

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A legal tactic in court proceedings, intended to place the opponent on to the wrong foot by unethical use of court procedures

    美国 法律

    "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 the injunction sought out of caution".