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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 caseplay

  Familiarity information: LEGAL BRIEF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGAL BRIEF (noun)


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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