English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Brief

Brief (a.)

Short in duration.

Brief (a.)

Concise; terse; succinct.

Brief (a.)

Rife; common; prevalent.

Brief (adv.)

Briefly.

Brief (adv.)

Soon; quickly.

Brief (a.)

A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

Brief (a.)

An epitome.

Brief (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.

Brief (a.)

A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.

Brief (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.

Brief (n.)

A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

Brief (v. t.)

To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.