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Of short duration; happening quickly.

Concise; taking few words.

Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

(obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.

(law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.

(law) An answer to any action.

(law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.

(figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.

(law) 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 is counsel for the case.

(slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.

A short news story or report.

(in the plural) underwear briefs.

(obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.

(historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.

(slang) A ticket of any type.The Routledge Dictionary of Historical SlangJohn Camden Hotten's ''Slang Dictionary'' (1873)

To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.

(law) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

(poetic) Briefly.

(poetic) Soon; quickly.