friend in court

Example Sentences

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The unions may have a friend in court.

From Time Magazine Archive

For one thing, he won for his cause a powerful friend in court: the Justice Department.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had a friend in court, but she was dumb, and I must give her voice.

From Under the Andes by Stout, Rex

Because she may be very useful to us, Ronald; and if you can't find a friend in court, it's just as well to have one near court.

From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Yes, it would be worth something to know that they had a friend in court when that time rolled around.

From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Carter, Herbert