| brief |
adjective |
Short in duration., Concise; terse; succinct., Rife; common; prevalent., Briefly., Soon; quickly., A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words., An epitome., An abridgment or concise statement of a client’s case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument., A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2., A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence., A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose., To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. |