Amicus (disambiguation)

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

Organizations

Amicus, the former British trade union, now merged with the TGWU to form Unite
Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada
Amicus Books, an independent bookstore in Marysville, California, United States
Amicus Productions, 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, United States
Amicus, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States

People with the name

Bartholomeus Amicus (1562–1649), Jesuit priest, teacher, and writer
Peter Dodds McCormick (pen name: Amicus) (1834–1916), composer of Advance Australia Fair

Law

Amicus curiae, a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court"
Proximus amicus, a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "next friend"

Other uses

Project Amicus, a geosocial networking app
Amicus, the former name of OnEarth, published by the Natural Resources Defense Council
Amicus (genus), a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae

See also

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