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noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
noun a condensed written summary or abstract
verb give essential information to someone
originFrom Middle English breef, breve, bref, from Old French brief, bref, from Latin brevis (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Doublet of breve and merry.
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