brief document

  • 1brief — A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement or epitome of some larger document, or of a series of papers, facts and circumstances, or propositions. A written statement… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 2brief — A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement or epitome of some larger document, or of a series of papers, facts and circumstances, or propositions. A written statement… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3brief — 1 n [Old French bref brief letter, writ indicating legal proceedings, from Late Latin brevis breve short document, summary, from Latin brevis, adjective, short] 1: a concise statement of a client s case written for the instruction of an attorney… …

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  • 4Brief — or briefs may refer: * Brief (law), a number of formal document types * Brief (text editor), a popular text editor for the MS DOS operating system * a letter * Brief (architecture), a requirement imposed by a client on an architect * Briefs, a… …

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  • 5Brief u. Stegel — Brief u. Stegel, briefliche Urkunde über eine Sache, so v.w. Document …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 6Brief (law) — A brief (Latin brevis , short) is a written legal document used in various legal adversarial systems that is presented to a court arguing why the party to the case should prevail. In England and Wales, the phrase refers to the papers given to a… …

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  • 7brief — ▪ I. brief brief 1 [briːf] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE official instructions that explain what someone s job is or what their duties are: • The auditor s brief is to monitor and report upon agencies effectiveness. • The topic of your talk is… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 8brief — briefer, n. briefness, n. /breef/, adj., briefer, briefest, n., v. adj. 1. lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country. 2. using few words; concise; succinct: a brief report on weather conditions.… …

    Universalium

  • 9Brief (architecture) — An architectural brief is, in its broadest sense, a requirement a client may have that an architect designs to meet, usually by creating a building to accommodate the requirement(s). A brief is a written document that might be anything from a… …

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  • 10brief — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun report; instructions ADJECTIVE ▪ clear (esp. BrE), detailed, thorough (AmE) ▪ daily (AmE) ▪ news (AmE) ▪ court …

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