Common Bench

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Common Bench is a historical English common law court formally known as the Court of Common Pleas, which primarily handled civil disputes between private individuals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf common law court
royal court of justice
abolishedBy Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
alsoKnownAs Court of Common Pleas
surface form: Common Pleas

Court of Common Bench
archivalMaterialsHeldAt The National Archives, Kew
surface form: The National Archives (Kew)
authorityDerivedFrom Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown
country Kingdom of England
courtType civil court
developedFrom Curia Regis
distinctiveFeature focus on disputes between private parties rather than Crown matters
distinguishedFrom Court of Exchequer
King’s Bench
surface form: King's Bench
establishedInPeriod 12th century
existedUntil 19th century
formalName Court of Common Pleas
hadMembers puisne justices
handledMatters actions between subject and subject
civil litigation
common pleas
heardAppealsFrom local and manorial courts
historicalSignificance Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (England)
surface form: major central court for civil litigation in medieval and early modern England
influenced development of English contract law
development of English property law
development of English tort law
jurisdiction England
languageOfRecord English
Latin
Law French
legalSpecialization covenant actions
debt actions
real property disputes
trespass on the case
legalSystem English common law
legalTradition adversarial system
location Westminster Hall
mergedInto High Court of Justice of England and Wales
surface form: High Court of Justice
operatedUnderMonarchs House of Hanover
surface form: Hanoverian dynasty

House of Plantagenet
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty

House of Stuart
surface form: Stuart dynasty

Tudor dynasty
partOf central royal courts at Westminster
presidingOfficerTitle Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
primaryFunction hearing civil disputes between private individuals
recordType plea rolls
successor Queen's Bench Division
surface form: High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

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Court of Common Pleas alsoKnownAs Common Bench