| 单词 | to throw up one's brief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw up one's brief c. to throw up one's brief: (of a barrister) to decline to continue with a case; = to throw down one's brief at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (intransitive)] > practise at the bar > decline to go on with a case to throw up one's brief1731 to throw down one's brief1782 1731 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 539/1 The Evidence for the King being full and clear, the Defendants Council threw up their Briefs. 1782 Brit. Mag. & Rev. July 9/1 When he detected the knavery, he either threw up his brief, or compelled his client to consent to fair and equitable terms. 1807 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 9 37 He had heard rumours that he intended to have thrown up his brief. 1888 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 14 Apr. 82/1 His duty..was to have thrown up his brief, but not to have tendered himself as a witness. 1935 Financial Times 26 Oct. 6/6 He was compelled by ill health to throw up a brief in a High Court action about a fortnight ago. 1982 L. P. Wilkinson in Cambr. Hist. Classical Lit. (1996) II. xi. 250 The opposing counsel, Hortensius, threw up his brief..and Verres went into voluntary exile. 2004 Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 6 Feb. A member of the bar has a right to throw up his brief without the court's consent. < as lemmas |
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