Amicus
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
A friend. Compare Ami.
Amicus CTirise
A friend of the court. Imports friendly intervention of counsel to remind the court of some matter of law which has escaped its notice and in regard to which it appears to be in ' F. ainercier^ to fine: L. merces^ wages, detriment, pains.
2 3 Bl. Com. 376, 275; 4 id.
379-80. ' Abbott, Bouvier, Law Diets. » [Beardsley v. Bridgeport, 53 Conn. 493 (1885), Pardee, J., where the word is used in a charitable bequest. ' Tidd, Pract. 100, n; Tucker v. Dabbs, 12 Heisk. 19-20 (1883); 10 Abb. Pr. 40. danger of going wrong. It is not his function to take upon himself the management of a cause. >