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
Judge Bruzzese, 65, was a county court judge from 1980 to 1996, when he was elected as a judge to the common pleas court, according to the Jefferson County Board of Elections.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
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 July Scott was appointed chief-justice of the common pleas, and received a peerage as Lord Eldon.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
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