In plural. Law. Information or directions regarding a case, as given by a client to a solicitor or a solicitor to a barrister. Also: authorization…
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释义 | society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs (11) instructions1529 In plural. Law. Information or directions regarding a case, as given by a client to a solicitor or a solicitor to a barrister. Also: authorization… breviate1594 A lawyer's brief. Obsolete. brief1631 Law. A summary of the facts of a case, with reference to the points of law supposed to be applicable to them, drawn up for the instruction of counsel… memorial1729 Technical uses. Scots Law. A statement of facts drawn up to be submitted to the Lord Ordinary in the Court of Session preliminary to a hearing. Also… soup1856 colloquial or slang. Briefs for prosecutions given to members of the Bar at Quarter Sessions or other courts; the fees attaching to such briefs… watching brief1886 a brief instructing counsel to ‘watch’ a case; also figurative. docker1889 (See quot.) dock brief1909 a brief handed direct to a barrister in court, who has been selected by a prisoner, standing in the dock, to defend him. (Cf. docker, n.3) amicus curiae brief1919 a brief prepared by an amicus curiae; = amicus brief n. at amicus, n. compounds. Subcategories:— action of writing briefs (1) — condition of being without briefs (1) |
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