Amicus curiae... or the friend of court

Amicus curiae, or a friend of court, is one who is no party to the case and volunteers to help the court with his knowledge. Very often, the legal Latin phrase comes to be pluralised as 'amicus curies,' in newspapers published in English from Dhaka, which in fact should be 'amici curiae.' The writers or editors often forget that in Latin, the head word of the phrase is 'amicus' (friend) which turns into 'amici' (friends) in plural. The word is often encountered in different spellings in newspapers of Bangladesh.