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brevi manu (bree-vIman-yoo), adv. [Latin “with a short hand”] Roman & civil law. 1. Directly; by the shortest route. 2. Without a legal warrant; on one’s own authority. • In Roman law, the term referred to the contractual transfer (traditio) of ownership of an item to one who already had physical control of the item.…

brevibus      et          rotulis   liberandis          (bree-v<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s             et roch-<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>s lib-<<schwa>>r-an-dis). [Latin “breves and rolls to be freed”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to turn over to a successor all paraphernalia of office.[Blacks Law 8th]

brevia testata (bree-vee-<<schwa>> tes-tay-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. See breve testatum under BREVE.[Blacks Law 8th]

  breviate (bree-vee-<<schwa>>t). [Latin] Hist. An abstract of a writing; esp., a short statement attached to a Parliamentary bill summarizing the contents of the bill.[Blacks Law 8th]

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

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]