In old deeds. The right of common. See COMMON. … [Read more...] about COMMONAGE
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COMMONALTY
In Engllsh law. The great body of citizens; the mass of the people, excluding the nobility. In American law. The body of people composing a municipal corporation, excluding the corporate officers. … [Read more...] about COMMONALTY
COMMONANCE
The commoners, or tenants and inhabitants, who have the right of common or commoning in open field. Cowell … [Read more...] about COMMONANCE
COMMON PLEAS
The name of a court of record having general original jurisdiction in civil suits. Common causes or suits. A term anciently used to denote civil actions, or those depending between subject and subject, as distinguished from pleas of the croton. Dallett v. Feltus, 7 Phila. (Pa.) 627. … [Read more...] about COMMON PLEAS
COMMONER
One who is entitled with others to the use of a common. … [Read more...] about COMMONER