| Brief: English to English |
| Brief (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. |
| Brief (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. |
| 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.) An epitome. |
| Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct. |
| Brief (a.) Rife; common; prevalent. |
| Brief (a.) Short in duration. |
| Brief (adv.) Briefly. |
| Brief (adv.) Soon; quickly. |
| 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 (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 (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. |