Common Pleas in United States
Common Pleas Definition
The name of a court having jurisdiction generally of civil actions. Such pleas or actions as are brought by private persons against private persons, or by the government, when the cause of action is of a civil nature. In England, whence we derived this phrase, common pleas are so called to distinguish them from pleas of the crown.
Common Pleas in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Common Pleas | Common Pleas in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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The name of a court having jurisdiction generally of civil actions. Such pleas or actions as are brought by private persons against private persons, or by the government, when the cause of action is of a civil nature. In England, whence we derived this phrase, common pleas are so called to distinguish them from pleas of the crown.
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This definition of Common Pleas is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.