Amicus (disambiguation)

Amicus (disambiguation)

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

Organizations

* Amicus, the British trade union
* Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada
* Amicus Productions, a British film production company

People

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

Other

* "Amicus curiae", a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court"


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