Commons

Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Those subjects of the English nation who are not noblemen. They are represented in parliament by the house of commons.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Public grounds; the lower house of parliament; English freeholders not of the peerage.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Those subjects of the li. h nation who are not noblemen. They are represented in parliament by the hou commons.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

1. The class of subjects in Great Britain exclusive of the royal famlly and the nobility. They are represented in parliament by the house of commons.
2. Part of the demesne land of a manor, (or land the property of which was in the lord,) which, being uncultivated, was termed the "lord's waste," and served for public roads and for common of pasture to the lord and his tenants. 2 BL Comm. 90.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The commoners or people of England, as distinguished from the nobility, consisting of all such men of property in the kingdom as have not seats in the House of Lords; the popular branch of parliament.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

1. The class of subjects in Great Britain exclusive of the royal family and the nobility. They are represented in ee parliament by the house of commons, 2. Partof the denesneland of a manor, (or land the property of which was in the lord, ) which, being uncultivated, was termed the ee “Jord’s waste,” and served for public roads and for common of pasture to the lord and his tenants. 2 Bl. Comm. 90. COMMONS HOUSE OF PARLIA-

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

HOUSE OP. See Parliament.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

1. Land set apart for ple have rights of common of England not peers of the realm.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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.