Search Result for "friend of the court":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: amicus curiae, friend of the court]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

friend of the court
    n 1: 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 [syn: amicus curiae, friend of the court]