Citations:North Carolina stratagem


 * 1) Unethical last-minute use of court procedures to wrong-foot an opponent.
 * 2) * 2004, Gordon D Lewis, Emilios J Kyrou and Albert M Dinelli, Lewis & Kyrou's Handy Hints on Legal Practice, 3rd edition, ThomsonReuters Lawbook Co, ISBN 9780455221038, paragraph [34.110], page 279:
 * "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."