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plea

and motions are used instead. Such pleas were used at common law. dil·a·to·ry plea [di-lə-tōr-ē-] : a common-law plea which is

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the presiding judge in the court of Common Pleas, and … the Common Pleas, the presiding judge in the court of Common Pleas, and afterwards in the Common Pleas Division of the High

Common Pleas, the Court of

Common Pleas, the Court of, so called because its original jurisdiction was … the exclusive jurisdiction of this Court was retained for the 'Common Pleas Division' which represented it; but by Order in Council of

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Common Pleas

Common Pleas : court of common pleasCommon Pleas : court of common pleas

court of common pleas

court of common pleas often cap C&C&P : an intermediate-level court in some states

Magna Carta

due, all which has been abolished. The 11th chapter enacts that:-'Common Pleas shall not follow our Court, but shall be holden in … Court, but shall be holden in some place certain.' See COMMON PLEAS; ROYAL COURTS. The 12th chapter relates to assizes, and provides

Plea

declaration; anciently a suit or action. Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating to civil causes, and pleas of the Crown, relating

Common bench

[fr. banc., Sax., bench], a name of the Court of Common Pleas. Thus the 'Common Bench Reports' are the reports of the … the reports of the cases decided in the Court of Common Pleas. See COMMON PLEAS.

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK), one of the Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown

Bar, plea in

showing some ground for barring or defeating an action at Common Law. A plea in bar was therefore distinguished from all … Law. A plea in bar was therefore distinguished from all pleas of the dilatory class, as impugning the right of action

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