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
Summit county common pleas judge Joy Malek Oldfield sees about 50 felony offenders in her drug court every Monday morning.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2019
“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
After the Revolution he became a magistrate, went to the legislature, became judge of the court of common pleas, and a member of congress.
From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green
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