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
The $7.3m in compensatory and punitive damages for Michael McQueary was confirmed Kendra Miknis, chief administrator of the centre county court of common pleas in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Reuters reported.
From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2016
“These guys’ stories are amazing,” said Michael Donnelly, a Cuyahoga County common pleas judge and the singer for Faith & Whiskey.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2016
Williams had been chief justice of the common pleas court and he was estimated as the superior among his associates upon the bench.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
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