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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Two really common pleas are solicitation and misprision.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2020
He served as an assistant Ohio attorney general and a municipal judge, and he was elected Hamilton County common pleas judge in 1964 — as a Republican overcoming the Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic presidential landslide.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2020
In one extreme instance, a common pleas judge became incensed when a prosecutor refused to follow her orders to charge a probation violation before a new weapons arrest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2018
But whether Castor’s commitment not to prosecute Cosby at the time actually protects Cosby from these new charges will remain up to the common pleas court judge Steven O’Neill.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2016
In 1856 he became chief justice of the common pleas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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