amicus curiae brief

1. 1.

   a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it

   Broaderbrief

   law

Questions about amicus curiae brief

What does amicus curiae brief mean?

amicus curiae brief means "a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it".

Is amicus curiae brief a common word?

amicus curiae brief is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.