The phrase "a brief perusal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quick or cursory examination of something, such as a document or text.
Example: "After a brief perusal of the report, I found several areas that needed improvement."
Alternatives: "a quick review" or "a short glance".
A brief perusal of the screen in front of me reveals everything I need to know.
Zombie facts were hardly created by the Internet; even a brief perusal of the partisan newspapers of the 19th century will make that plain.
From my reading of Judge Scheindlin's opinion, which runs to almost two hundred pages, and a brief perusal of some of the expert testimony, the court's decision seems like the correct one.
A brief perusal of the 1900 classic Things To Make by Archibald Williams reveals plans for building a target for rifle practice, a poultry house, a bicycle shed, a horizontal slide-valve engine, and apparatus for lung-testing - and not an adult in sight.
The Court is mistaken on both counts: even a brief perusal of 19th and early 20th century cases, as well as treatises and hornbooks, shows that my description of the crime is anything but novel, and the cases cited by the Court in no way support its argument.
A brief perusal of the site would find that most of the content is plagiarized or, at the very least, taken from non-original news feeds.
Like the other big Vegas hotels, the Mandalay Bay is a destination in itself, a complete entertainment zone, and the briefest perusal told me just getting out of the place might be a challenge — it has 23 restaurants, 8 lounges, endless shops and an aquarium with 15 kinds of sharks.
In the text, too, Thomas is named as the author, although a brief preface allows that Thomas, in drafting the manuscript, consulted his father's notes and that the elder Church "had the perusal of" his son's manuscript and found "nothing amiss".
(A brief staring contest).
