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Meaning Of Brief
a.
Short in duration.
a.
Concise; terse; succinct.
a.
Rife; common; prevalent.
adv.
Briefly.
adv.
Soon; quickly.
a.
A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
a.
An epitome.
a.
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.
A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
n.
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.
n.
A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a
collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any
public or private purpose.
v. t.
To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to
brief pleadings.