Of short duration; happening quickly. from 15th c.
Concise; taking few words. from 15th c.
Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. from 17th c.
Rife; common; prevalent.
A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
An answer to any action.
A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
A position of interest or advocacy.
An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
A short news story or report.
undershorts briefs.
A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
(slang) A ticket of any type.
To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
Briefly.
Soon; quickly.
To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.
To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
