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Common Bench.Hist. The former name of the English Court of Common Pleas. • The court was so called because it was the forum for the common people, that is, for cases between two or more subjects when the Crown had no interest. — Abbr. C.B. [Blacks Law 8th]

common-authority rule.The principle that a person may consent to a police officer’s search of another person’s property if both persons use, control, or have access to the property. • Under this rule, the consenting person must have been legally able to permit the search in his or her own right, and the defendant must have…

common at large.See common in gross under COMMON. [Blacks Law 8th]

common assurance.See MUNIMENT OF TITLE.[Blacks Law 8th]

  common assumpsit.See general assumpsit under ASSUMPSIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

common assault.1.ASSAULT(1).2.ASSUALT(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

common area. 1.Landlord–tenant law. The realty that all tenants may use though the landlord retains control and responsibility over it. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant  123. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 290–291.] 2. An area owned and used in common by the residents of a condominium, subdivision, or planned-unit development. — Also termed common elements. [Cases:…

common appurtenant.See COMMON. [Blacks Law 8th]

common appendant.See COMMON. [Blacks Law 8th]

common and notorious thief.See common thief under THIEF. [Blacks Law 8th].