Meaning of AMICUS CURIAE

Pronunciation:			u'mIkus 'kyûree`ee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
	Synonyms:		friend of the court
	See Also:		adviser, advisor, consultant
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, assessor, attorney, attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, barmaster, barrister, barrister-at-law, champion, chancellor, circuit judge, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, deputy, dummy, executive officer, exponent, figurehead, friend at court, intercessor, JA, judge advocate, judge ordinary, jurat, justice in eyre, justice of assize, lawyer, lay judge, legal adviser, legal assessor, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, master, military judge, mouthpiece, ombudsman, ordinary, paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, police judge, presiding judge, probate judge, proctor, procurator, proxy, puisne judge, recorder, representative, sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer, solicitor, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vice-chancellor, vicegerent