Brief
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
PAPAL.
The pope's letter upon matters of discipline. BRIEVE (from breve, q. v.) In Scotch law. A writ.
1 Karnes, Eq. 146; 1 Forbes, Inst. pt. 4 bk. 2, c. 1, tit. 2, § 1.
BRIGA (Law Lat.) In old European law. Strife; contention; litigation; controversy. Spelman; Cowell; Blount.