Breve.L
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. Awrit. Anoriginal writ. A writ or precept of the king issuing out of his courts. A writ by which a person is summoned or attached to answer an action, complaint, ete., or whereby anything is commanded to be done in the courts, in order to justice, ete. It is called “dreve,” from the brevity of it, and is addressed either to the defendant himself, or to the chancellors, judges, sheriffs, or other officers. Skene.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A writ; literally, short, brief, q. v. Also, an original writ. Plural, brevia. Br&via were originally in the form of letters. They tersely stated the matter in question — rem qucB est breviter narrat. The species came to be known by some important word or phrase in the writ itself, or from the subject-matter; and this word or phrase, in turn, was transferred to the form of action in the prosecution of which the writ {breve) was procm-ed.^
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. And have you then there this writ. A clause in old writs expressive of the command to return them. Reg. Jud. 1. Towns. PI. 166. Litera Uy translated in the modem forms. ET HOC PARATUS EST VERIFI-