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

Ten states filed an amicus brief asking the court to consider the case.

From Time

In fact, more than 60 amicus briefs have been filed in the case, with voting rights groups, Senators and even states weighing in.

From Time

Software developers, computer scientists, and tech industry groups who filed amicus briefs on Google’s behalf celebrated the ruling.

From Quartz

More than half of the House Republican Conference signed on to an amicus brief supporting a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 contest in the Supreme Court, along with 17 Republican attorneys general.

From Washington Post

Griffith said in a statement that his name was “inadvertently” left off the amicus brief in the rush to file the document on Thursday, but that it would be added on Friday.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Alba tunc antiquissimus non solum amicus, verum etiam amator.

From Project Gutenberg