Search Result for "amicus curiae brief":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amicus curiae brief
    n 1: a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the
         outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it