Amicus is

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:

Organizations

Amicus (trade union) Amicus was a trade union in Great Britain and Ireland, primarily representing workers in the private sector. The union was established in January 2002 by the merger of Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union and the Amalgamated Engineering a ...

, the British trade union that merged with the Transport and General Workers Union to form Unite * Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada *

Amicus Productions Amicus Productions was a Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film production company, based at Shepperton Studios, England, active between 1962 and 1977. It was founded by American producers and screenwriters Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg. ...

, a British film production company * Amicus (charity), a UK-based non-profit organization

Places

* Amicus, Illinois, a former name of Sciota, a village in Illinois, US * Amicus, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, US

People with the name

* Amicus, O.S.B. Roman Catholic monk, abbot, and cardinal (1117–1130) * Bartholomeus Amicus (1562–1649), Jesuit priest, teacher, and writer * William Alexander (Quaker) (1768-1841) English Quaker and publisher, who wrote under this name *

Peter Dodds McCormick Peter Dodds McCormick (28 January 183330 October 1916) was an Australian schoolteacher and songwriter, known for composing the Australian national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair". He published under the pseudonym Amicus, Latin for "friend". Ea ...

(pen name: ''Amicus'') (1834–1916), composer of ''Advance Australia Fair''

Law

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Amicus curiae An amicus curiae (; ) is an individual or organization that is not a Party (law), party to a legal case, but that is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. Wheth ...

'', a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court" * ''Proximus amicus'', a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "

next friend In common law, a next friend (Law French ''prochein ami'') is a person who represents another person who is under age, or, because of disability or otherwise, is unable to maintain a suit on his or her own behalf and who does not have a legal gua ...

Other uses

Project Amicus Blendr was an online dating application based on geosocial networking for Android, iOS and Facebook. It is designed to connect like-minded people near to each other. It was created by Joel Simkhai and patterned after his previous app Grindr wh ...

, a geosocial networking app * ''Amicus'', the former name of ''OnEarth'', published by the

Natural Resources Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicag ...

* ''Amicus'', a journal published by the

Michigan State University College of Law The Michigan State University College of Law (Michigan State Law or MSU Law) is the law school of Michigan State University, a Public university, public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College o ...

* ''Amicus'' (alga), a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae * ''Amicus'' (crustacean), a fossil genus of ostracods in the family Knoxitidae *

Advance Australia Fair "Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Written by Scottish-born Australian composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed as a patriotic song in Australia in 1878. It replaced "God Save the King, God Save th ...

, national anthem of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, originally published under the pseudonym "Amicus". *

Amicus Mountain Amicus Mountain is a glaciated summit in British Columbia, Canada. Description Amicus Mountain is located in the Coast Mountains, west-southwest of Whistler and west-northwest of Icecap Peak, which is the nearest neighbor. Precipitation run ...

, a summit in Canada

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People with the name

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