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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WATCHING

ppr. Being awake; guarding; attending the sick; carefully observing.

WATCHING

n.Wakefulness; inability to sleep.

New American Oxford Dictionary

watching brief

watch |ing brief ▶noun Law, Brit. a brief held by a barrister to follow a case on behalf of a client who is not directly involved. • an interest in a proceeding in which one is not directly or immediately concerned.

Oxford Dictionary

watching brief

watch |ing brief ▶noun Law, Brit. a brief held by a barrister to follow a case on behalf of a client who is not directly involved. • an interest in a proceeding in which one is not directly or immediately concerned.