brief

1. a. Short in duration. Source: opted

2. a. Concise; terse; succinct. Source: opted

3. a. Rife; common; prevalent. Source: opted

4. adv. Briefly. Source: opted

5. adv. Soon; quickly. Source: opted

6. a. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. Source: opted

7. a. An epitome. Source: opted

8. a. An word/abridgment">abridgment or word/concise">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. Source: opted

9. a. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

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

12. v. t. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. Source: opted

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