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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amicus¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

They join Dahlia Lithwick on this week’s Amicus to map this moment and to plot paths through it.

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Her amicus brief in a 2016 case successfully challenged a Massachusetts regulator’s order allowing a utility to build natural-gas pipelines financed by rate-payers.

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In his first podcast interview, Judge Wolf explained his decision to break his silence to Dahlia Lithwick on last week’s Amicus.

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On this week’s Amicus podcast, Bonta explained his state’s developing litigation strategy to Dahlia Lithwick.

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On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern spoke about Blanche’s latest embarrassment by the Epstein scandal, as well as his dangerous counteroffensive against the legitimacy of the judiciary.

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