[uh-mahy-kuh
s kyoor-ee-ee, uh-mee-kuhs kyoor-ee-ahy] 
[uh-mahy-kahy kyoor-ee-ee, uh-mee-kee kyoor-ee-ahy] . Law. | a person, not a party to the litigation, who volunteers or is invited by the court to give advice upon some matter pending before it. |
| a·mi·cus cu·ri·ae (ə-mē'kəs kyŏŏr'ē-ī') n. pl. a·mi·ci curiae (ə-mē'kē) A party that is not involved in a particular litigation but that is allowed by the court to advise it on a matter of law directly affecting the litigation. [Latin amīcus cūriae : amīcus, friend + cūriae, genitive of cūria, court.] |