# Amicus

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'''Amicus''' is [Latin](/source/Latin) for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:

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==Organizations==
* [Amicus (trade union)](/source/Amicus_(trade_union)), the British trade union that merged with the Transport and General Workers Union to form Unite
* [Amicus Bank](/source/Amicus_Bank), a former bank based in Canada
* [Amicus Productions](/source/Amicus_Productions), a British film production company
* [Amicus (charity)](/source/Amicus_(charity)), a UK-based non-profit organization

==Places==
* [Amicus, Illinois](/source/Amicus%2C_Illinois), a former name of Sciota, a village in Illinois, US
* [Amicus, Virginia](/source/Amicus%2C_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, US

==People with the name==
* [Amicus, O.S.B.](/source/Amicus%2C_O.S.B.) Roman Catholic monk, abbot, and cardinal (1117–1130)
* [Bartholomeus Amicus](/source/Bartholomeus_Amicus) (1562–1649), Jesuit priest, teacher, and writer
* [William Alexander (Quaker)](/source/William_Alexander_(Quaker)) (1768-1841) English Quaker and publisher, who wrote under this name
* [Peter Dodds McCormick](/source/Peter_Dodds_McCormick) (pen name: ''Amicus'') (1834–1916), composer of ''Advance Australia Fair''
<!--* [William Alexander](/source/William_Alexander) (1768-1841) English Quaker and publisher, who wrote under this name. -->

==Law==
* ''[Amicus curiae](/source/Amicus_curiae)'', a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court"
* ''Proximus amicus'', a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "[next friend](/source/next_friend)"

==Other uses==
* [Project Amicus](/source/Project_Amicus), a geosocial networking app
* ''Amicus'', the former name of ''OnEarth'', published by the [Natural Resources Defense Council](/source/Natural_Resources_Defense_Council)
* ''Amicus'', a journal published by the [Michigan State University College of Law](/source/Michigan_State_University_College_of_Law)
* [''Amicus'' (alga)](/source/Amicus_(alga)), a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae
* [''Amicus'' (crustacean)](/source/Amicus_(crustacean)), a fossil genus of ostracods in the family [Knoxitidae](/source/Knoxitidae)
* [Advance Australia Fair](/source/Advance_Australia_Fair), national anthem of [Australia](/source/Australia), originally published under the pseudonym "Amicus".
* [Amicus Mountain](/source/Amicus_Mountain), a summit in Canada

==See also==
* [Amica (disambiguation)](/source/Amica_(disambiguation))
* [Amico (disambiguation)](/source/Amico_(disambiguation))
* [Amiga (disambiguation)](/source/Amiga_(disambiguation))
* [Amigo (disambiguation)](/source/Amigo_(disambiguation))

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