What is another word for "brief"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "brief": abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, ablegate, abridge, abridgment, abstract, accredit, acting, album, alter, analecta, analectic, analysis, and, answer, anthology, apercu, appear, archon, behalf, book, brevity, briefly, champion, chancellor, close, collect, collectanea, come, comes, commissioner, commonplace, compact, compend, compendious, compendium, compilation, compile, compress.