Brief :: 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 :: Brief (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2..
Brief :: 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 :: 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 :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
Briefless :: Briefless (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister..
Briefly :: Briefly (adv.) Concisely; in few words.
Bull Brier :: Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier..