Commons
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
The commoners or people of England, as distinguished from the nobility.* Jlolt, C. J., 2 Ld, Raym. 960. The commons consist of all such men of property in the kingdom, as have not seats in the house of lords.
1 BL Com, 168.
The popular branch of the English parliament; the house of commons.
Id. 160.