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Breviarium Alaricianum       (bree-vee-air-ee-<<schwa>>m     al-<<schwa>>-ri-kay-n<< schwa>>m). [Latin] An abridgment (or breviary) of Roman law compiled by order of the Visigoth king Alaric II, published for the use of his Roman subjects in the year 506. • Revised versions were known as the Lex Romana Visigothorum. It was also termed the Breviarium Aniani after Alaric’s…

brevia originale.See BREVE.[Blacks Law 8th]

brevia magistralia.See BREVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

brevia judicialia.See BREVE.[Blacks Law 8th]

brevia formata.See BREVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

brevia anticipantia.See BREVE.[Blacks Law 8th]

brevia amicabilia.See BREVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

brevet officer.See OFFICER(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

brevet (br<<schwa>>-vetorbrev-it). [French] 1.Military law. A commission promoting an officer to a higher rank, esp. during wartime, but without a corresponding pay increase. [Cases: Armed Services  8, 13.1(5). C.J.S. Armed Services § 26.] 2.French law. A privilege or warrant granted by the government to a private person, authorizing a special benefit or the exercise of…

breve (breev orbree-vee), n.[Law Latin] Hist. Writ. • The word brevis meant “short,” and brevia were short writs, unlike charters. Pl. brevia (bree-vee-<<schwa>>). album breve (al-b<<schwa>>m breev orbree-vee). A blank writ; a writ with a blank or omission in it. apertum breve (<<schwa>>-p<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>m breev orbree-vee). [Latin “open writ”] An open, unsealed writ. See patent writ…