The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and...

A court of common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas...

Exchequer of Pleas, or Court of Exchequer, was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common law in...

justice of the common pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench, which was the second-highest common law court in the...

on his travels. The King's Bench finally joined the Court of Common Pleas and Exchequer of Pleas in Westminster Hall in 1318, making its last travels...

The Court of Common Pleas was one of the principal courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror image of the equivalent court in England. Common Pleas...

The Common Pleas Division was one of the original divisions of the High Court. It was created in 1875 through the merger of the Court of Common Pleas into...

of the Common Pleas was a puisne judicial position within the Court of Common Pleas of England and Wales, under the Chief Justice. The Common Pleas was...

role of juries. It established beyond question the independence of the jury. It also confirmed that the Court of Common Pleas could issue a writ of habeas...

College of Physicians, commonly known as Dr. Bonham's Case or simply Bonham's Case, was a case decided in 1610 by the Court of Common Pleas in England, under...

Westminster Hall presided over by Lord Camden, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Carrington and his colleagues claimed that they acted on Halifax's...

in the history of the common law rule on negligence and liability. Until the mid- to late 19th century in the United States and England, there was no settled...

in the Court of Common Pleas, but was quickly moved to the larger Court of Queen's Bench because of the demand for tickets. Both these courts were situated...

the Commonwealth of Nations in developing the doctrine. Lord Chief Justice Thomas Denman wrote the opinion, which held that the owner of a cart left unattended...

Metropolitan Railway). Furthermore, in Rust v Abbey Life Assurance Co Ltd. the Court of Appeal held that a failure by a proposed insured to reject a proffered...

before accepting the plea. Three special pleas (though not in the strictest sense of the word) exists in the criminal courts of England and Wales: Demurrer:...

given no consideration for the promise to pay the £150 pa. The Court of Common Pleas held that there was good consideration for the promise by the nephew...

incorporation contracts. A group of company promoters for a new hotel business entered into a contract, purportedly on behalf of the company which was not yet...

Chancery Court of Exchequer High Court of Admiralty Court of Common Pleas Court of Probate and Matrimonial Causes Court of Common Pleas of the County...

included £113 inside and he sued the passenger for its loss. The court found that in cases of necessity, any one may act to save lives and there is no liability...

female holder of the office. Originally, each of the three high common law courts, the King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of the Exchequer...

of land between parties was heard by the King, and sentence given". When the case went before Edward Coke, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas...

requirements of offer and acceptance in the formation of a contract. The case established that an offer inviting tenders to be submitted for the purchase of stock...

The Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge, sometimes called the Court of Pleas or Common Pleas of or at Durham was a court of common...

18–20 December 1854 in the Guildhall, London before Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir John Jervis. Fox Talbot's leading counsel was Sir Frederick Thesiger...

the new High Court of Justice and Court of Appeal division to substitute the old Chancery, Common Pleas, Queen's Bench and Exchequer Courts. Subsequently...

business of the country, and this soon split into various courts: first the exchequer of pleas, to deal with finance, and then the Court of Common Pleas, to...

various courts, see Court of Appeal in Chancery, Court of Chancery, Queen's Bench, Court of Common Pleas (England), Exchequer of Pleas, Court of Probate...

Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate, the Court for Divorce...

since it contains an unbroken series of decisions of the Court of Common Pleas during the time the author sat as one of the judges. It is pretty much generally...