answersLogoWhite

0

It depends on the context. Brief is a relative term, and the fact that it is talking about incarceration does not change that. A career criminal who has served several sentences may refer to a 5 year incarceration as brief, while a person who has never been to jail before may refer to spending a week incarcerated as a long sentence.

This is not a technical legal term that means anything outside of regular usage.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Why people start expecting from someone with a brief introduction?

brief introduction about myself


What is the verb for brief?

Depending on the context, brief is already a verb. For example "to brief someone" is an action and therefore a verb.


What does brief means?

Brief means short in length, or in duration. It can also mean to give people short details about a task.


Is brief another name for car?

As far as I know the answer is "NO" the definition of brief is...Short in time, duration, length, or extent.Succinct; concise: a brief account of the incident.Curt; abruptUNDER SHORTS


Is brief a verb?

Brief can be a verb if used in the right context. For example "to brief someone" is an action and therefore a verb.


What is a management brief?

I don't have a clue someone please answer this.


What brief overview means?

An "overview" is A survey or a broad, comprehensive view of something. A summary or a review of something. And the word "brief" means short. Thus a "brief overview" is a short (in length) summary of something.


Can someone write a brief summary of the war in the pacific?

there was a war.


When someone say give me a brief synapsis of your life what do they mean?

A brief synopsis would be the highlights of your life, acheivements, successes, etc.


What is a brief way to refer to the process of reducing the length of a word or phrase?

A concise way to refer to the process of reducing the length of a word or phrase is "shortening."


What does it mean when you are told that someone will be short and to the point?

Concise, not wordy, brief.


What is opposite of long?

In length, the opposite of long is short. In time, the opposite of long may be short or brief.