AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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