Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being without a brief or a client.
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The barrister's brief is marked with the price of his legal knowledge, of his eloquence, or of his brave endurance during a period of hope-deferred brieflessness.
How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Orison Swett Marden 1887
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