Associations to the word «Amicus»

Wiktionary

AMICUS, noun. (legal) (informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
AMICUS CURIAE, noun. (legal) a person/entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who, however, is not directly involved in the action.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King