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common pleas

  1. ☆ in some States, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
  2. in England, a former superior court with jurisdiction over civil suits

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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