amicus curiae
noun
amicus cu·ri·ae
| \ -ˈkyu̇r-ē-ˌī
, -ˈku̇r-, -i-ˌē\
, -ˈku̇r-, -i-ˌē\
plural amici curiae
Definition of amicus curiae
: one (such as a professional person or organization) that is not a party to a particular litigation but that is permitted by the court to advise it in respect to some matter of law that directly affects the case in question
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Roy Moore’s Foundation for Moral Law supported Pensacola's position, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a group of state attorney generals in filing an amicus curiae brief on Pensacola’s behalf in 2017. — al.com, "Pensacola Cross: Supreme Court calls for another look," 28 June 2019 Baltimore’s State’s Attorney signed onto an amicus curiae brief filed Wednesday in United States v. Safehouse, a federal civil lawsuit in Pennsylvania filed by federal attorneys in February challenging the legality of such a site in Philadelphia. — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, "Amid Baltimore’s opioid crisis, Mosby supports legal safe injection sites in new brief," 10 July 2019 Roy Moore’s Foundation for Moral Law supported Pensacola's position, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a group of state attorney generals in filing an amicus curiae brief on Pensacola’s behalf in 2017. — al.com, "Pensacola Cross: Supreme Court calls for another look," 28 June 2019 Roy Moore’s Foundation for Moral Law also supported the city, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a group of state attorney generals in filing an amicus curiae brief on Pensacola’s behalf in 2017. — al.com, "Pensacola cross backers cheered by Supreme Court ruling," 21 June 2019 City Attorney Michael McGuinness said Friday is the court’s deadline to file an amicus curiae brief. — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Red California's revenge on sanctuary laws," 6 Apr. 2018 The Supreme Court’s ruling in Green v. Biddle, in 1821, the first American court case on record to involve an amicus curiae: the Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, "How ‘Friends’ of the Court Can Tip the Scales of Justice," 12 Sep. 2017 Potential competition Public Knowledge was joined by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and New Networks in an amicus curiae brief that asked the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to vacate the FCC's order. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "FCC’s claim that one ISP counts as “competition” faces scrutiny in court," 10 Oct. 2017 The amicus curiae, or friend of the court, sits outside the adversarial system that prevails in American courtrooms. — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, "How ‘Friends’ of the Court Can Tip the Scales of Justice," 12 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'amicus curiae.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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