amicus

noun

plural amici ə-ˈmē-ˌkē How to pronounce amicus (audio)
-ˈmī-ˌsī

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State of play: Griffin signed an amicus brief Monday against a multistate lawsuit to stop Trump's order, Axios' Erin Alberty and Kim Bojórquez write. Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025 First Liberty filed an amicus brief in support of Annunciation House with the Texas Supreme Court. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025 The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 34 media organizations have filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing that the military’s opaque practices don’t comply with federal law and decades of court rulings, including several from the U.S. Supreme Court. Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2025 The plaintiffs appealed to the Ninth Circuit, which has accepted amicus briefs by the DOJ and other non-parties. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for amicus 

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of amicus was in 1916

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“Amicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amicus. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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