common plea

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandplea

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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plea
noun[C]
uk
/pliː/us
/pliː/
formal
an urgent and ...
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(Definition ofcommonandpleafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon plea

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He served as judge of the court of common pleas 1868-1872.
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He served as judge of the court of common pleas 18051821.
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He served as clerk of the court of common pleas in 1825.
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He was also a judge of the court of common pleas.
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He was the presiding judge of the court of common pleas from 1844 to 1851.
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I know that this is thecommonpleaof everyone who is involved in a collision.
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That indeed is a verycommonpleain such cases, but that is the kind of plea which is being put forward to-day.
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It is acommonplea.
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He was also chief judge of thecommonpleacourt, and, for a long time, a judge of the court of probate.
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We do not divide ourselves into chancery lawyers, common pleas lawyers and so on.
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He served as judge of the court of common pleas 1860-1865.
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He was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas in 1834.
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He served two terms as judge of the common pleas court.
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He seems likewise to have been empowered to settle the pleas of the crown and the common pleas of the same shire.
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He served as judge of the court of common pleas 1862-1867.
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He served as president judge of the court of common pleas 1840-1847.
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He was elected 1803 by the legislature as associate judge of the court of common pleas, and resigned in 1804.
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He subsequently studied law, became clerk of the court of common pleas and served in the colonial assembly.
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He served as president judge of the court of common pleas in 1834.
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In the following year he was appointed keeper of the wardrobe, and in 1309 justice of the common pleas.
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