brief

• (of clothing) very short
• Soon
• Concise
• a document stating the facts and points of law of a client´s case
• a condensed written summary or abstract
• give essential information to someone
• of short duration or distance
• concise and succinct
• Short in duration
• Rife
• Briefly
• A short concise writing or letter
• An epitome
• 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 writ
• 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
• A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose
• To make an abstract or abridgment of
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Carolina

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