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.


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