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AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amicus curiae brief" is a kind of...):
brief; legal brief (a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)