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]