Brief

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 57

bref, a. Short in duration or expre ion; using few words; concise; succinct. — n. An epitome; a statement in few words. (Law.) An abridgment of a client's case; writ summoning one to answer to an action. — v. t. (Law.) To make a brief of.