common pleas
Americanplural noun
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civil actions or proceedings between private citizens.
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Also Common Pleas court of common pleas.
noun
Etymology
Origin of common pleas
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225
Example Sentences
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Auden ultimately felt that his poem was propaganda, and his sympathies came to lie rather with the common person trampled under the march of History.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Each of you had a concern for the common person that your opponents will never fully grasp.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022
What happened to the working-class hero who wrote and sang for the common person?
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
“The common person ... I don’t know how we’re going to survive.”
From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2022
When a cheap trumpery piece of book-making is printed on hand-made paper or Japanese vellum paper the result is vulgarity, just as when a common person attempts to swagger about in fine clothes.
From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Humphreys, Arthur Lee
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