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Amicus Curiae

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an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
friend of the court
plural
Amicus Curiaes
possessive
Amicus Curiae's
pluralpossessive
Amicus Curiaes'