meaning of brief
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 clients 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 Words
brief | briefcase | briefless | briefly | briefman | briefness |
