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1. Short in duration. 2. Concise; terse; succinct. 3. Rife; common; prevalent. 4. Briefly. 5. Soon; quickly. 6. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. 7. An epitome. 8. 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. 9. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. 10. 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. 11. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. 12. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. 
Related wordsamicus curiae brief brevity brief briefing briefness concise instruct law legal document outline short |
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