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Short in duration. |
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Concise; terse; succinct. |
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Rife; common; prevalent. |
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Briefly. |
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Soon; quickly. |
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A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. |
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An epitome. |
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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. |
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A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. |
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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. |
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A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a
collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any
public or private purpose. |
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To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to
brief pleadings. |
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