Brief
from the Latin brevis, short, a brief or short statement or summary, law, an order emanating particularly the summary of a client's case which the solicitor draws up for the instruction of counsel. A brief may also mean, in law from the Superior Courts. A Papal brief is a sort of pastoral letter in which ter which concerns the party to whom signed from the army and setucu Trenton, N. J., joining the John A.
Roebling's Sons Co. In 1899 he was chosen mayor of Trenton, in 1901 became a member of the State Board of Education, and in 1902 State Treasurer.
He was elected to the United States Senate in 1907, but was defeated in 1912. He died in the following year.