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- Trial briefs are presented at trial to resolve a disputed point of evidence.
- Legal briefs are used as part of arguing a pre-trial motion in a case or proceeding.
- Merit briefs (or briefs on the merits) refers to briefs on the inherent rights and wrongs of a case, absent any emotional or technical biases
- Amicus briefs refer to briefs filed by persons not directly party to the case. These are often groups that have a direct interest in the outcome.
- Appellate briefs refer to briefs that occur at the appeal stage.
- Memorandum of law may be another word for brief, although that term may also be used to describe an internal document in a law firm in which an attorney attempts to analyze a client's legal position without arguing for a specific interpretation of the law.
- IRAC Case Briefs Are usually a one page review done by a paralegal or attorney, ultimately used by the attorney to find previously decided cases by an Appellate court, in State or Federal Jurisdiction, which show how the courts have ruled on earlier similar cases in court.
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