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Brief \Brief\ (br[=e]f), n. [See {Brief}, a., and cf. {Breve}.]
1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few
words.

Bear this sealed brief,
With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. --Shak.

And she told me
In a sweet, verbal brief. --Shak.

2. An epitome.

Each woman is a brief of womankind. --Overbury.

3. (Law) 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.

It was not without some reference to it that I
perused many a brief. --Sir J.
Stephen.

Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in
the United States, counsel generally make up their own
briefs.

4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See {Breve}, n., 2.

5. (Scots Law) 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.

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

7. pl. a type of men's underpants without legs, fitting
tightly and held by an elastic waistband; also called
{Jockey shorts}.
[PJC]

{Apostolical brief}, a letter of the pope written on fine
parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the
secretary of briefs, dated ``a die Nativitatis,'' i. e.,
``from the day of the Nativity,'' and sealed with the ring
of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its
parchment, written character, date, and seal. See {Bull}.


{Brief of title}, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds
and other papers constituting the chain of title to any
real estate.

{In brief}, in a few words; in short; briefly. ``Open the
matter in brief.'' --Shak.