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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Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, could each receive a year in prison when they are sentenced Nov. 29 in common pleas court.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
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
On Tuesday, in the Montgomery County court of common pleas, a detective who was there that night 12 years ago told what he knew of the story at the center of the comedian’s trial.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2017
In November 1873 Coleridge succeeded Sir W. Bovill as chief justice of the common pleas, and was immediately afterwards raised to the peerage as Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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