| 单词 | civil plea |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil plea civil plea n. a legal proceeding relating to civil law, as opposed to criminal or (formerly) ecclesiastical law; a plea brought in a civil court, a civil action. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > common or civil proceedings civil plea1548 Common Pleas1576 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiii. f. lxxxv Be you not carefull.., for that ye are not sene in ye lawe, but men ignoraunt in ciuill plees: as the common sort of the people are wonte to be carefull in suche case, who make Oratours and Rhetorcians theyr atturneys, and proctours in pleading of matters. a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 22 Common or civil pleas are divided into real, personall, and mixt. 1741 R. Richardson Attorney's Pract. Court Common Pleas I. 1 All Pleas are regularly divided into Pleas of the Crown, and into Common or Civil Pleas. 1844 Pennsylvania Law Jrnl. 3 472 These district courts are essentially courts of common pleas, their jurisdiction being to hear and determine all civil pleas and actions. 1999 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 6 May 1 Cornyn accused Morales of criminal behavior in a strongly worded civil plea. < as lemmas |
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