How to Use friend of the court in a Sentence

friend of the court

noun phrase

• The state has also signed on to another 60 legal complaints as a friend of the court.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
• Prosecutors did not give any insight into the administration’s rationale for the about-face but did urge the appeals court to appoint a friend of the court to represent the opposing side.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
• District attorneys from Riverside and San Bernardino Counties have already filed amicus or friend of the court briefs in the case, arguing against the petition.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
• Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026
• On July 5, a bipartisan group of more than 100 election officials filed a friend of the court brief to explain the administrative challenges if the executive order moved forward.
  — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026