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Common Pleas
Common Pleas : court of common pleas ...
Common Pleas, the Court of
Common Pleas, the Court of, so called because its original jurisdiction was to determine controversies between subject and subject, one of the three Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, presided over by a lord chief justice and five (formerly four) puisne, judges. It was detached from the King's Court (Aula Regis) as early as the reign of Richard I., and the 14th clause of Magna Charta enacted that it should not follow the King's Court, but be held in some certain place. Its jurisdiction was altogether confined to civil matters, having no cognizance in criminal cases, and was concurrent with that of the King' Bench and Exchequer in personal actions and ejectment. It had a peculiar or exclusive jurisdiction in the following cases:-(I.) Formal or plenary.(1) Real actions, under the C.L.P. Act, 1860, s. 26.(2) Under the (English) Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), over petitions complaining of an undue return or undue election of a member of Parliament.(II....
common property
common property see property ...
Common prostitute
Common prostitute, includes a woman who offers her body for purposes amounting to common lewdness in return for payment, there need not be an act of ordinary sexual intercourse, R. v. De Munck, (1918) 1 KB 635....
Common purpose of journey
Common purpose of journey, means that the passengers travelling together need to have the common intention to travel to a common destination but they need not share the common intention of travelling for the same purpose as well, State of Andhra Pradesh v. B. Noorulla Khan, (2004) 6 SCC 194....
Common quality
Common quality, The common quality uniting the potential beneficiaries into the class consists of being members of the Rana caste of community of Ahmedabad whether as natives or as being admitted to that caste or community under custom or usage. The mere fact that a person of the Rana community who is not an original native of Ahmedabad has to prove his credentials according to the custom and usage of that community to get admitted into that community cannot introduce a personal element, Ahmedabad Rana Caste Association v. Commissioner of Income-tax, (1972) 1 SCR 744: AIR 1972 SC 273 (276): (1971) 3 SCC 475....
common room
a room usually at a school or university set aside for the common use of everyone It usually has comfortable chairs for reading or conversation and some provision for obtaining refreshments...
Common seal
Common seal, a seal used by a corporation as the symbol of their incorporation, and see CORPORA-TION....
Common sense
See Common sense under Sense...
Common serjeant
Common serjeant, a judicial officer of the Corporation of the City of London, appointed by the Crown [Loc. Gov. Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), s. 42 (14)]., and one of the judges of the Central Criminal Court (q.v.); an assistant to the Recorder. See Pulling on the Laws and Customs of London....