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1Common assault — was an offence under the common law of England, and has been held now to be a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. It… …
2common — [adj1] average, ordinary accepted, banal, bourgeois, casual, characteristic, colloquial, comformable, commonplace, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, homely, humdrum, informal,… …
3common denominator — n. 1. a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions [10 is a common denominator of 1/ 2 and 3/ 5] 2. a characteristic, element, etc. held in common …
4Common law — For other uses, see Common law (disambiguation). Common law (also known as case law or precedent) is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. A… …
5Common Riding — Riders returning from riding the Selkirk Marches gallop in at The Toll Common Riding is an annual event celebrated in Scottish Border towns and in some other places, to commemorate the times of the past when local men risked their lives in order… …
6common — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, standard, usual, conventional; joint, shared; prevalent, general, universal, popular, customary, vulgar, ill bred, plebeian, coarse. See conformity, habit, generality, populace. II (Roget… …
7common — {{11}} c.1300, belonging to all, general, from O.Fr. comun common, general, free, open, public (9c., Mod.Fr. commun), from L. communis in common, public, general, not pretentious, shared by all or many, from PIE *ko moin i held in common,… …
8common area — property held in common …
9Common Law — Common Law † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Common Law (Lat. communis, general, of general application; lex, law) The term is of English origin and is used to describe the juridical principles and general rules regulating the possession …
10common — com·mon 1 adj 1 a: of or relating to a community at large: public common defense b: known to the community a common thief 2: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group …
