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1. • • The term "amicus" comes from the Latin phrase "amicus curiae," which translates to "friend of the court." This phrase describes someone who is not directly involved in a legal case but offers information, expertise, or insight that could help the court make a better decision.
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   When was amicus first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun amicus is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for amicus is from 1875, in County Courts Chron. amicus is formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: amicus curiae n.

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   What does amicus stand for?

   • Amicus, from the Latin meaning friend or comrade, was created by the merger of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) union and the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) in 2001 The first Joint General Secretaries were Ken Jackson from the AEEU and Roger Lyons from MSF.

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   What is amicus curiae?

   • Footnote 1 The legal dictionary “Law Lexicon” defines Amicus Curiae as follows: “Someone who, on his initiative, or by court’s invitation, provides information to the court on a legal issue, and this when the court is satisfied with the issue or when the court is wrong about the issue.

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   What is a historian's amicus brief?

   • It starts with a conceptual analysis of the historians’ amicus brief, in two parts, focused on the problem of expertise. Courts permit historians to participate as friends of the court because they believe that scholars’ knowledge of the past and its relationship to the present are valuable to their juridical work.

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   What is a court amicus?

   • This amicus aims to assist the court by providing advice (sometimes legal advice but not necessarily) or a professional opinion on an issue addressed in court. Sometimes, the court needs to broaden its horizons and broaden its knowledge of the issue it is discussing.

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   What happened to amicus?

   • Ken Jackson was replaced by Derek Simpson in 2003 and Derek Simpson became the General Secretary of Amicus following the departure of Roger Lyons. In 2004 both the Union for the Finance Industry (UNIFI) and Graphical, Paper and Media Union (GPMU) merged with Amicus.

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   Amicus, from the Latin meaning friend or comrade, was created by the merger of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) union and the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) in 2001. The first Joint General Secretaries were Ken Jackson from the AEEU and Roger Lyons from MSF.

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   The earliest known use of the noun amicus is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for amicus is from 1875, in County Courts Chron. amicus is formed within English, by clipping or shortening.

5. link.springer.com › chapter › 10“Amicus Curiae”—Definitions and Interpretations | SpringerLink

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   Sep 26, 2024 · This chapter explores the various prototypes of the Amicus Curiae (“friend of the court”) and related third-party representation mechanisms in legal systems around the world. It examines the classic neutral amicus, the modern advocacy-oriented amicus,...

6. legaldictionary.net › amicus-briefAmicus brief defined and explained with examples.

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   Nov 30, 2015 · Noun. A brief filed with an appellate court by an individual or entity who is not a party to the litigation, but who has an interest in the court’s decision. Origin. 1605-1615 New Latin.

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   This chapter seeks to understand why historians often find amicus brief writing so vexed and how they have navigated the challenges it poses. It starts with a conceptual analysis of the historians’ amicus brief, in two parts, focused on the problem of expertise.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAMICUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a person or organization that gives advice to a court of law on a case in which they are not directly involved: The court held that the Sheriff was protected by qualified immunity - a holding that disappointed Lee's lawyers and amicus. Mr John Dunlop, appearing as amicus curiae, made a most helpful summary argument. Fewer examples.

9. www.degruyter.com › document › doiThe Common Law (And Not Roman) Origins of Amicus Curiae in ...

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   An examination of the sources cited by an important dictionary and other decades-old legal scholarship relied upon today as establishing the Roman origins of amicus curiae, and a fresh study of Roman and later continental European primary sources reveal a different picture: in reality, there is neither a basis for grounding the amicus curiae in ...