Definition of brief

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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..

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Skit :: Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
Word :: Word (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence..
Pauciloquent :: Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician..
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy..
Briefless :: Briefless (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister..
Momental :: Momental (a.) Lasting but a moment; brief.
Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..
Curtal :: Curtal (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
Epilogation :: Epilogation (n.) A summing up in a brief account.
Brief :: Brief (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..
Brevity :: Brevity (n.) Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life..
Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form..
Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..
Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Mention :: Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
Briefman :: Briefman (n.) A copier of a manuscript.
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..
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