briefs

/bɹiːfs/ · noun

Meaning

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.
(by extension) A position of interest or advocacy.
An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
(English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

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