Amicus

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

Organizations

 * Amicus (trade union), 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 Books, an independent bookstore in Marysville, California, US
 * 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, 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 (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, a journal published by the Michigan State University College of Law
 * 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, national anthem of Australia, Originally published under the pseudonym "Amicus".
 * Amicus Mountain, a summit in Canada