friend in court
Example Sentences
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For one thing, he won for his cause a powerful friend in court: the Justice Department.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unions may have a friend in court.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereupon Chunder, perceiving that he had lost his friend in court, magnanimously said: "I cannot fight an antagonist who is unprovided with a seconder, and will wait until Mr Bodgers is recuperated."
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
We had a friend in court, but she was dumb, and I must give her voice.
From Under the Andes by Rex Stout
He was bloody safe he wasn't run in himself under the act that time as a rogue and vagabond only he had a friend in court.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
