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amicus

[ uh-mahy-kuhs, uh-mee- ]

adjective

, Law.
  1. of, relating to, or representing an amicus curiae, a friend of the court:

    The church stated its official position in an amicus brief.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of amicus1

By shortening

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Example Sentences

He co-authored the amicus brief filed on behalf of 23 pro-life groups.

But Huntsman was one of the conservatives who signed the Supreme Court amicus brief against Prop 8.

On the “Above the Law ” blog David Lat called it the “Best Amicus Brief Ever.”

He often files amicus briefs, especially in cases where constitutionally guaranteed rights are imperiled.

Nearly 60 new Republican notables have signed an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court today in support of the freedom to marry.

In the right centre was the large painting representing Crete, above which was the motto "Amicus inter Amicos."

Amicus Plato, magis amica veritas; Teufelsdrockh is our friend, Truth is our divinity.

Examples of yet higher devotion to a fides amicus, so to speak, are by no means extraordinary.

Venit vel rogatus ut amicus, vel arcessitus ut socius, vel evocatus ut qui senatui parere didicisset.

Alba tunc antiquissimus non solum amicus, verum etiam amator.

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