amicus
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of amicus
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Over the last year, the Labor Department has filed amicus briefs — friend-of-the-court filings that lay out legal arguments for judges — in several class-action lawsuits on the side of the defendant company.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mukherjee submitted an amicus brief in defense of Khalil, along with other students, scholars, and professors who have been charged under the same foreign-policy deportability ground that Khalil currently faces.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Mexican authorities say they plan to file an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit against the Adelanto lockup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Yale law professor Akhil Amar wrote in an amicus brief that the administration’s historical evidence amounts to “an artful pastiche of misleading, misinterpreted, and/or atypical shards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Word was whispered down our line that amicus curiae meant “friend of the court.”
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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