Usage: often capitalized both Cs&P
1. : a former superior court of English common law at Westminster having jurisdiction over the ordinary civil suits between subject and subject and now forming part of the Court of King's Bench
2. : a court of intermediate rank in some American states usually having civil and criminal jurisdiction
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Law.
1. (formerly in England) a court to hear civil cases between common citizens.
2. (in some U.S. states) a court with general civil jurisdiction.
Also, Court of Common Pleas.
[1680-90]
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Court of Common Pleas,
1. (formerly, in England) a court for the trial of civil actions, one of the three superior courts of common law.
2. (in some states of the United States) an intermediate court with civil and criminal jurisdiction.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.