amicable : Idioms & Phrases


Amicable action

  • (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier. Burrill.
Webster 1913

Amicable numbers

  • (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
Webster 1913