friend of the court

noun phrase

: amicus curiae

Examples of friend of the court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hearings were packed with lawyers from federal, state and local governments, as well as civil rights groups that filed friend of the court briefs. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

The friend of the court request was joined by Seema Patel, associate professor of law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. — Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

On July 5, a bipartisan group of more than 100 election officials filed a friend of the court brief to explain the administrative challenges if the executive order moved forward. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams. — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for friend of the court

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort

Legal Definition

friend of the court

: amicus curiae