0 a person or organization that gives advice to a court of law on a case in which they are not directly involved:
It would be a rare case where the United States directly challenges a state law as opposed to intervening as an amicus.
The Solicitor General filed a motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus.
The Committee has a more general public interest role as "amicus curiae" (literally "friend of the court"), the most important example of which is the bringing of alleged instances of contempt of court to the notice of the courts.
His appeal was supported by the Public Defender Service (PDS) as amicus curiae.
Commissioners can apply to the Federal Court to act as amicus curiae ("friend of the Court") in relation to an anti-discrimination matter.
