Associations to the word «Amicus»

Wiktionary

AMICUS, noun. (legal) (informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
AMICUS CURIAE, noun. (legal) a person/entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who, however, is not directly involved in the action.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams