'amicus curiae' definitions:
Definition of 'amicus curiae'
(from WordNet)
noun
An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest [syn: amicus curiae, friend of the court]
Synonyms of 'amicus curiae'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- JA,
- 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