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IMG:content-0321.png:[blocks in formation] common-placed, pa. par. or a. [COMMONPLACE, Common-Pleas, s. An English court long held in Westminster Hall, but anciently movable. Gwin observes that, till Henry III. granted the Magna Charta , there were but two courts, the Exchequer and the King's Bench, so called because it followed the king; but, upon the grant of that charter, the Court of Common Pleas was erected and settled at Westminster. All civil causes, both real and personal, were formerly tried in this court, according to the strict laws of the realm; and Fortescuo represents it as the only court for real causes. It is now a division of the High Court of Justice, with a jurisdiction confined to civil matters. The name has been appropriated in some of our States. Common-Prayer, s . The liturgy or form of public prayer prescribed to be used in the services of the Church of England. Book of Common - Prayer : [PRAYER.] common-rafter, s. One in a roof to which the boarding or lathing is attached. IMG:content-0322.png:[blocks in formation] common