amicus_curiae has definitions from the fields of law,work
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[ noun ] (law,work) 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

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(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

The first pretrial conference - held to appoint amici_curiae to represent the interest of the stockholders of du_Pont and General_Motors and to consider the procedure to be followed in the subsequent hearings - took_place on September 25 , 1957 .

On motion of the amici_curiae , the court directed that a ruling be obtained from the Commissioner_of_Internal_Revenue as to the federal income_tax consequences of the Government 's plan .

The decrees proposed by the amici_curiae were filed in August of 1958 .

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adviser law

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