amicus
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- noun
- /əˈmɪkəs/
- Formal
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amicus curiae
- The ABA filed an amicus curiae brief in Romer in support of the respondents.
- amicus brief
- Amicus Curiae
And May God have mercy on their soul for actually filing this nonsense amicus brief.
- And May God have mercy on their soul for actually filing this nonsense amicus brief.
- What is the Mill Association and the Timber Association likely to argue in their Friends of the Court amicus briefs?
- For example, they fire filed an amicus curiei brief on behalf of Washington, DC's handgun ban.
Examples
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Interest groups may use amicus briefs to build coalitions and demonstrate to courts that many organizations support their position.
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One amicus brief included a survey of eighteen states about their child support practices.
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The author participated in an amicus brief filed in the case.
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Oh, yeah, I read your amicus brief on the Celeste matter last year.
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Additional background to the case, as well as KEI's amicus brief, can be found here.
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FAIR filed the only amicus brief on the government's side in the Haitian case.
Academic text (1993) -
A second mechanism is filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief.
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Vicki Turetsky said that the OCSE worked with the Solicitor General in filing its amicus brief in Turner.
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Interestingly, though, the amicus brief submitted by the NEA and AFT focuses on students' grading each other's work.
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Several organizations submitted amicus briefs to provide insight into the legal issues at stake.
Synonyms
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A person or group not in a case who gives information about the law to help the court decide
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A person or organization that gives the court information and advice in a case they are not part of
Compounds
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A person or organization that gives the court information and advice in a case they are not part of
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A written paper from a person or organization not involved in the case that gives the court information
Surface Forms
Etymology
The legal use of amicus also comes from the Latin amicus, 'friend'. In law an amicus is a person or group not in the case but acting like a 'friend of the court' by giving information to help the judge decide.