friend of court
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Noun
friend of court (plural friends of court)
- Synonym of amicus curiae
- 1985 April 20, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Idaho House Defeats Anti-gay Bill”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- The bill […] was introduced after the Idaho Education Association filed a "friend of court" brief against a similar Oklahoma law that was challenged by the National Gay Task Force (NGTF) […] and struck down by a tie vote of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26.
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