Breve Ita Dicitur
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
QUIA REM DE qua agitur, et intentionem petentis, paucis verbis brevlter enarrat. A writ is so called because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief. 2 Inst. 39. BREVE JUDiCIALE DEBET SEQUr suum originale, et accessorium suum principale. A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 292. BREVE JUDICIALE NON CADIT PRO defectu firmae. A judicial writ fails not through defect of form. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 43.