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amicus

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. amicus (noun)
  2. amicus curiae (noun)
  3. amicus humani generis (foreign term)
  4. amicus usque ad aras (foreign term)

ami·cus

noun \ə-ˈmē-kəs, -ˈmī-\
plural ami·ci\-ˈmē-ˌkē, -ˈmī-ˌsī\

Definition of AMICUS

: amicus curiae

First Known Use of AMICUS

1951

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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