2. Soon; quickly. [Obs.] Shak.
BRIEF
Brief, n. Etym: [See Brief, a., and cf. Breve.]
1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal.
Shak.
And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. Shak.
2. An epitome. Each woman is a brief of womankind. Overbury.
3. (Law)
Defn: An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. Sir J. Stephen.
Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in the United States, counsel generally make up their own briefs.
4. (Law)
Defn: A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
5. (Scots Law)