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common pleas
in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials -
court of common pleas
(formerly) a superior court exercising jurisdiction in civil actions between private citizens -
coroner
A coroner is an official who is responsible for investigating the deaths of people who have died in a sudden, violent, or unusual way. -
king's bench
a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice. -
maddening
driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst. -
numb
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.