amicus

American  

[uh-mahy-kuhs, uh-mee-] / əˈmaɪ kəs, əˈmi- /

adjective

Law.

1. of, relating to, or representing an amicus curiae, a friend of the court.

   The church stated its official position in an amicus brief.

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Etymology

Origin of amicus

By shortening

Example Sentences

Dean, chief scientist at Google’s DeepMind AI lab and a pioneer of the company’s artificial-intelligence strategy, was among more than 30 employees at Google and OpenAI to sign an amicus brief in favor of Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Defense Department this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

In granting the AI company an injunction last week against the Pentagon’s attempts to sever its contracts, Judge Rita Lin referred to, among other things, the large number of amicus briefs on the company’s behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“The conventional view is wrong,” NYU law professor Richard Epstein wrote in an amicus brief.

From The Wall Street Journal

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the Justice Department’s latest catastrophe and its potentially massive impact on ICE’s authority to continue its courthouse arrests.

From Slate