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

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 Joyce, James

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

It is always well to have a friend in court.

From The Pilots of Pomona by Leighton, Robert