| 单词 | to throw down one's brief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw down one's brief (c) to throw down one's brief: (of a barrister) to decline to continue with a case. Cf. to throw up one's brief at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (intransitive)] > practise at the bar > decline to go on with a case to throw up one's brief1731 to throw down one's brief1782 1782 Whitehall Evening-post 16–18 Apr. Had matters appeared to him with that complexion they now seemed to wear in their Lordships opinion, he would have thrown down his brief. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 523 Williams threw down his brief. 1934 N.Y. Times 7 Jan. e3/5 He was censured and fined..for throwing down a brief and withdrawing because of a disagreement with the court. 2001 J. Bondeson London Monster vii. 87 The day before the trial,..this gentleman threw down his brief and left, for undisclosed reasons. < as lemmas |
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