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.
See more 1 Pixar is acting more as a friend of the court .
2 R2K is likely to join as a friend of the court to support this position.
3 They also frequently file " friend of the court " or amicus briefs.
4 The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a friend of the court brief supporting the challenge.
5 The civil rights coalition had submitted a " friend of the court " brief against the city's appeal.
6 Kerry Cook, who was appointed as amicus curiae - a friend of the court , argued against life imprisonment.
7 Arizona, New Hampshire and California will back the lawsuit with friend of the court briefs, the spokeswoman, Christine Anderson, added.
8 Fowler's lawyer, Chris Baker, filed a " friend of the court " brief urging the Supreme Court to invalidate such provisions.
9 Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington said he would consider friend of the court briefs on the controversial deal to merge the No.
10 Such divisions were reflected, too, in some of the " friend of the court " filings in the case heard on Tuesday.
11 A friend of the court , Ron Paschke, said some medical evidence showed a high incidence of people who use cannabis diagnosed with schizophrenia.
12 All but one of the 16 states that have filed " friend of the court " briefs on the Arizona side have Republican governors.
13 The Equality Authority has been granted the right to appear as a " friend of the court " in a case for the first time.
14 In the same vein, a record number of " friend of the court " briefs were submitted in the paired cases, most favouring gay rights.
15 In the same vein, a record number of " friend of the court " briefs were submitted in the paired cases, most favoring gay rights.
16 On this basis, the human rights commission had the statutory power to seek to intervene as an amicus curiae or " friend of the court " .
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