Manu brevi
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
With short hand, directly; briefly.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
With a short hand. MANU FORTI (Lat with strong hand). A term used In pleading in cases of forcible entry. No other words are of equal import. It implies greater force than the words vi et armia; State v. Ray, 32 N. C. 39; 8 Term 362; Com. v. Shattuck, 4 Cush. (Mass.) 141; Lane, Abr. c. 132, a. 6, c..203, a. 12.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. With a short hand. A term used in the civll law. signifying shortly; directly; by the shortest course; without circuity.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil law. With a short hand; directly; without circuity. Mauu longa: indirectly; circuitously.