brief

brief
A concise and brief statement of authorities in various forms suitable to the purpose of counsel or the court, but, in a case on appeal, a more formal and conventional, but nevertheless concise presentation, in printing, typewriting, or writing, as the rules of the court require or permit, of the points and questions involved, as they appear from the pleadings, brief abstracts of which are included, and the record of the case, together with the authorities relied upon, all for the assistance of the court, and the edification of opposing counsel, in arriving at a just and proper decision in the case. 5 Am J2d A & E § 684. The form of briefs on appeal is by no means uniform throughout the United States. In some jurisdictions there is appended to the brief proper an argument of counsel expounding on the legal issues and the authorities cited by him as well as those cited by the opposing counsel.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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