Court of Common Pleas

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English court common law court royal court

The Court of Common Pleas was a central royal court in England that primarily handled civil disputes between private individuals, distinct from the king’s own courts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Common Pleas canonical	20
Common Pleas	1
Court of Common Pleas (England)	1
Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster	1
Courts of Common Pleas	1
courts of common pleas	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English court ⓘ common law court ⓘ royal court ⓘ
abolishedBy	Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
alsoKnownAs	Common Bench ⓘ
appliedDoctrine	stare decisis ⓘ
authorityFrom	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
developed	English contract law ⓘ English property law ⓘ English tort law ⓘ
dissolvedIn	19th century ⓘ
dissolvedInYear	1875 ⓘ
distinctFrom	Court of Exchequer ⓘ King’s Bench ⓘ royal household courts ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	12th century ⓘ
establishedUnder	Henry II of England ⓘ
function	hearing civil disputes between private individuals ⓘ
hadMember	puisne justices ⓘ
hadProcedure	writ system ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ⓘ
heardCases	actions concerning land ⓘ covenant actions ⓘ debt actions ⓘ trespass actions ⓘ
hearingType	trial at bar ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the principal courts of Westminster ⓘ
influenced	legal systems of common law jurisdictions ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil law ⓘ common pleas ⓘ private law disputes ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ Law French ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
location	Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Hall
mergedInto	High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice
partOf	English royal courts ⓘ
primaryRole	adjudicating disputes not involving the king ⓘ
seat	Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Hall
sourceOf	Year Books ⓘ
typeOfCourt	central royal court ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English law → hasHistoricalOrigin → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Court of King’s Bench → hadSupervisoryJurisdiction → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → replaced → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Edward Clive (judge) → workLocation → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Court of Chivalry → distinctFrom → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Court of Exchequer → relatedTo → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Judicature Acts → replaced → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas → appliesToJurisdiction → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas → positionHeldIn → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas → seeAlso → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

The Reports → associatedWith → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas → courtLevel → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

King’s Bench → concurrentWith → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

William Blackstone → employer → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Ohio state courts → usesJuryTrialsIn → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of common pleas

King’s Court → developedInto → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

MDJs → appealsGoTo → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Magisterial District Judge → appealsGoTo → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of Common Pleas

Giles Eyre → memberOf → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Common Pleas (England)

Sir James Eyre → jurisdiction → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Common Bench → formalName → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

Common Bench → alsoKnownAs → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Pleas

Court of Queen's Bench → distinctFrom → Court of Common Pleas ⓘ