Word "BRIEF" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
Synonyms:
legal brief

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(of clothing) very short
Synonyms:
abbreviated
Examples:
a brief bikini

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a condensed written summary or abstract

Crossword Clues for BRIEF

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Clue Source Date
Concise The Telegraph Quick 04 Sep 2025
Document outlining the court's arguments, and something that may be a lawyer's concern
Issue instructions to The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Jul 2025
Instructions in few words (5)
Attorney's document (5)
What are instructions for a barrister? (5)
Cheese found by female barrister
Concise The Telegraph Mini 16 Jun 2025
___ Encounter, Noël Coward/David Lean film (5) Puzzler 05 Jun 2025
Short: a - interlude
Legal document Commuter 04 Jun 2025
Short twisted fibre
A counsel (5)
A lawyer's instructions are of a different fibre (5)
Not wordy Newsday 20 Apr 2025
Short-lived The Times Concise 15 Apr 2025
Note the fire is out, in short (5)
Artificial fibre that's not long-lasting
*Recap New York Times 06 Apr 2025
Digest soft cheese loudly
Short fibre (5)
Concise case notes (5)
Entangled fibre not lasting very long (5)
Short kind of fibre (5)
Short: a - meeting
Lawyer a€“ dossier a€“ surly (5)
Lawyer - dossier - surly (5) The Guardian Quick 13 Mar 2025
Quick instruction for a solicitor (5)
Short fibre, possibly
Case for cheese that is overstrong (5)
A summary of a client's case for the instruction of counsel (5)
Written legal argument New York Times 20 Jan 2025
Short barrister (5)
Classic romantic movie, - Encounter
Short Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2024
Outline of a task (5)
Short legal instruction (5)
A fibre preparation, not long lasting (5)
What a windbag rarely is
Short Puzzler Backwords 11 Sep 2024
Document outlining the court's arguments, and something that may be a lawyer's concern
Summary of case facts. (5)
"The Pelican ___"; Julia Roberts film
Concise set of instructions given to a person about a job, say
get up to speed
Concise The Telegraph Quick 01 Aug 2024
Only half set of underpants prepared for barrister? (5)
Encounter, film (5)
Cursory introduction to book by official touring institute (5)
Concise; 43 Down The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 11 Jul 2024
Concise The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2024
Short Mirror Tea Time 07 Jul 2024
Short-of-fibre recipe (5)
Certain legal document Universal 02 Jul 2024
Short in duration Mirror Classic 27 Jun 2024
See 4 Down Mirror Quiz 22 Jun 2024
A summary kind of case (5)
Instruct thoroughly (5) Puzzler 14 Jun 2024
Instructions given for a task
Cheese - French, originally - in legal case The Times Quick Cryptic 12 Jun 2024
French cheese fine for lawyer The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2024
Fast instructions (5)
Not long a lawyer (5)
Short of fibre (5)
Succinct Universal 15 May 2024
Concise Mirror Quick 29 Apr 2024
Short instructions Mirror Cryptic 29 Apr 2024
A run-down lawyer
Short way to issue instructions (5)
Short bridge that is close to cliff (5)
Instructions for a task
___ Encounter, film classic (5)
Summary way to issue instructions to counsel (5)
Short in duration or a lawyer? (5)
Short, concise
Barrister's instructions won't be long (5)
Informal term for a barrister The Times Specialist Sunday 03 Mar 2024
See 13 Across Mirror Quiz 02 Mar 2024
Quick to change fibre (5)
Fleeting Eugene Sheffer 27 Feb 2024
Concise, short The Times Concise 23 Feb 2024
Barrister's instructions (5)
Terse lawyer's assignment (5)
Something the lawyer makes short work of? (5)
Terse LA Times Daily 01 Feb 2024
Not at all lengthy
___ Encounter, Trevor Howard/Celia Johnson film Puzzler Backwords 22 Jan 2024
Short of French cheese, only one piece of fromage The Times Quick Cryptic 22 Jan 2024
Concise courtly instructions (5)
Legal memorandum Newsday 10 Dec 2023
A short "Give me the facts" (5)
Lawyer is British one interrupting judge The Times Cryptic 10 Nov 2023
Succinct The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2023
Short legal memorandum The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2023
26 19's fire once ignited in fictional schoolboy The Guardian Cryptic 07 Nov 2023
Bring up to speed Newsday 15 Oct 2023
Crisp and concise, as a summary
Not going on to give instructions The Times Cryptic 15 Jun 2023
Legal write-up LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2023
Short-lived LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2023
Short and to the point USA Today 17 Mar 2023
Short The Telegraph Quick 07 Mar 2023
Fleeting Newsday 04 Feb 2023
Short and to the point, say
Short-winded Newsday 16 Dec 2022
Concise and to the point
Short Wall Street Journal 09 Nov 2022
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2022
"___ Encounter," 1945 drama film that features Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2"
Fleeting Wall Street Journal 10 Aug 2022
Advise re FBI involvement
Fleeting Universal 05 Apr 2022
Short in duration The Washington Post Sunday 03 Apr 2022
Short LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2022
Short The Washington Post 14 Mar 2022
Fleeting Eugene Sheffer 22 Feb 2022
Succinct
Like Rita Moreno's Oscars speech USA Today 01 Feb 2022
Lawyer's filing LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2021
Of short duration The Times Concise 13 Nov 2021
Concise and to the point
Lawyer's filing LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2021
Cheese fine initially, but not long The Times Cryptic 25 Oct 2021
Fleeting Eugene Sheffer 15 Oct 2021
Silk knickers with the rear cut out? The Telegraph Toughie 15 Sep 2021
Fill in New York Times 22 Aug 2021
French cheese following -- not lasting long The Telegraph Toughie 11 May 2021
Quick and to the point The Washington Post Sunday 09 May 2021
Terse in one's words Newsday 30 Mar 2021
Short fibre spun
Succinct Wall Street Journal 10 Mar 2021
Orders strong cheese to start with
Short The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2021
Small part of one's clothing that lawyers like to get?
Momentary The Telegraph Quick 13 Sep 2020
Like a 37-Down, often USA Today 07 Aug 2020
Bring up to speed The Washington Post 19 Jul 2020
Bring up to speed LA Times Daily 19 Jul 2020
To the point
Crisp and concise
Lawyer's document New York Times 02 Mar 2020
Small book, one carried by match official
Short and concise
Short Thomas Joseph 23 Nov 2019
Short and to the point, say
Fleeting Newsday 10 Nov 2019
Court filing The Washington Post 05 Nov 2019
Court filing LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2019
Succinct The Telegraph Quick 27 Oct 2019
Inform about a project, say
To the point Universal 01 Aug 2019
Provide essential info to New York Times 26 May 2019
Concise; short-lived The Times Concise 21 May 2019
Crisp and concise
Brusque barrister
Brusque barrister
Short and sweet
Legal filing Newsday 07 Feb 2019
Fleeting Eugene Sheffer 21 Jan 2019
Of short duration Irish Times Simplex 16 Jan 2019
Transient prime
Initially quoted coppers for a barrister, perhaps, in this
Succinct
To the point
Provide essential info to
Court filing
Case of cheese, feta initially The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Dec 2018
Succinct lawyer
"Let me give you a ___ introduction to the chapter." (concise)
Supreme Court clerk's reading New York Times 16 Nov 2018
Short letter for Fritz
Short legal summary The Sun Two Speed 11 Sep 2018
Succinct The Sun Two Speed 11 Sep 2018
Court submission New York Times 28 Jul 2018
Bring up to speed Wall Street Journal 28 Jun 2018
Inform of everything that happened New York Times 26 Jun 2018
Prepare cheese, feta to begin with
Skimpy underpants hiding the bottom
Terse LA Times Daily 06 May 2018
Terse The Washington Post 06 May 2018
In short
Lawyer in pants with the rear cut out The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Apr 2018
Cheese fondue's first for barman?
1   Inform boy before fire's arranged
Crisp, cheese flavour, originally
Concise The Telegraph Quick 08 Jan 2018
Inform of everything that happened
Terse
Court submission
Supreme Court clerk's reading
Bring up to speed
Not long-winded Universal 04 Dec 2017
Short, strong cheese as starter
Lawyer not lasting long
Lawyer not lasting long
Of short duration Universal 02 Aug 2017
Short statement of aims
Short note attached to cheese The Times Cryptic 23 Mar 2017
Of short duration
Not long-winded
Lawyer / put in the picture
Terse in speech Newsday 06 Sep 2016
Legal memo The Washington Post 13 Jun 2016
Summary The Telegraph Quick 01 May 2016
Apprise New York Times 14 Feb 2016
Terse The Telegraph Quick 17 Jan 2016
Legal case The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2016
Apprise
Short Eugene Sheffer 20 Nov 2015
Concise The Sun Two Speed 08 Nov 2015
Short instructions in case The Sun Two Speed 08 Nov 2015
Legal document stating the facts of case Irish Times Simplex 03 Nov 2015
Lawyer's filing Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2015
Barrister should be succinct The Telegraph Cryptic 21 May 2015
Lawyer's filing New York Times 19 May 2015
Legal write-up LA Times Daily 07 May 2015
Remit The Telegraph Quick 07 May 2015
Legal write-up
It may be filed
Lawyer's filing
Lawyer's filing
Like some punk songs
Legal memorandum
To the point
Short and sweet
Court filing
Lawyer /put in the picture
To the point
Lawyer's document
Lawyer's document
To the point
Court paper showing one team's points
Lawyer's filing
Like a summary
Like a summary
26 Cheese is found by female barrister
Summary
Short
Short
Court filing
Short
Fleeting
Short, as a speech
Lawyer's filing
Short-winded
Lawyer's filing
Legal summary
Lawyer's document
Lawyer's writing
Succinct
Lawyer's writing
Fleeting
Attorney's filing
Succinct
To the point
Succinct
Give a rundown
Short-winded
Bring up-to-date
Legal paper
Court filing
Terse
Précis
Legal summary
Legal summary
Court filing
"I'll be __"
Succinct
"I'll be __"
Legal paper
Short
Bring up-to-date
Judge's reading
Judge's reading
See 41 Across
Synopsis
Attorney's submission
To the point
Concise
Something to file
Short and sweet
Short-winded
To the point
Legal memo
Short
Ephemeral
Short-winded
Short
Lawyer's document
Summary
Concise
Ephemeral
Lawyer's paper
Inform
Abrupt
Like a trailer from Hollywood
Sketchy
Item for a case
Lawyer's document.
Word in Behrman and Coward titles.
Lawyer's homework
Instruct flyers before a mission.
Legal summary
Lawyer's summary.
Tell about: Colloq.
Outline.
Concise.
Legal term.
Fleeting.
Legal document.
Summary.
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