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brieve Scotch Law.|briːv|
Also 7 breive, briefe, brife.
[Another form of brief n.]
A writ or precept issued from Chancery in the Sovereign's name, directing trial to be made of certain points specified.
Before the institution of the Court of Session (1532) a breve or brieve was the prescribed form of Summons issued for any cause; afterwards it was limited to the (Latin) Writ from Chancery addressed to the Judge Ordinary or Sheriff for trial by him and a jury of special questions in which the Court of Session had no original jurisdiction. These Brieves have all fallen into desuetude or been abolished by statute, except in one or two cases (e.g. in the appointment of a tutor-at-law to a minor), where also other forms of proceeding are now usually preferred.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 87 Restis to speik of Brieves currant, quhilk are pleadable, that is the brieve of distres (or poynding) for debt, the Brieve of convention..The Brieve of Dissaisine. The Brieve of Protection, and breaking of the Kings peace. The Brieve of Bondage. The Brieve of Warandice. 1868Act 31–32 Vic. c. §101 The brieves of furiosity and idiotry hitherto in use are hereby abolished. |