amicus curiae

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: a=mi=cus cu=ri=ae

OXFORD DICTIONARY

amicus curiae, n. (pl. amici curiae) Law an impartial adviser in a court of law.

Etymology

mod.L, = friend of the court

THESAURUS

amicus curiae

JA, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, assessor, attorney, attorney-at-law, backup, backup man, barmaster, barrister, barrister-at-law, champion, chancellor, circuit judge, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, deputy, dummy, executive officer, exponent, figurehead, friend at court, intercessor, judge advocate, judge ordinary, jurat, justice in eyre, justice of assize, lawyer, lay judge, legal adviser, legal assessor, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, master, military judge, mouthpiece, ombudsman, ordinary, paranymph, pinch hitter, pleader, police judge, presiding judge, probate judge, proctor, procurator, proxy, puisne judge, recorder, representative, sea lawyer, second in command, secondary, self-styled lawyer, solicitor, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, understudy, utility man, vicar, vicar general, vice, vice-chancellor, vicegerent

ROGET THESAURUS

amicus curiae

Information

N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.