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Definition:
The phrase amicus curae means "friend of a the court," and an amicus
curae brief is a brief filed with a court by an organization which has an interest
in a case before that court even though it is not directly involved in the case,
either as a plaintiff or as a defendant.
Thus, if someone were challenging a gun-control law and the case went before the Supreme Court, the National Rifle Association could file an amicus curae brief with the court explaining why the case should be decided in some certain way. A court is under on obligation to give such a brief any consideration because it carries no legal weight.
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