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LEGAL BRIEF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legal brief mean?
• LEGAL BRIEF (noun)
The noun LEGAL BRIEF has 1 sense:
1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
Familiarity information: LEGAL BRIEF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brief; legal brief
Hypernyms ("legal brief" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal brief"):
amicus curiae brief (a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it)
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