Common

Customary, usual, ordinary; as, common appearance, assurance, bail, bond, care, count, informer, intendment, jury, traverse, etc.; originating with, or existing for, the public, or belonging to or affecting the public; as, a common carrier, council, inn, nuisance, school, way, etc.; belonging to or shared by several; as, a common ancestor, benefit, recovery, etc.; habitual or frequent; as, a common barrator, drunkard, thief, etc. Common assurances: the several modes or linstruments or conveyance established or authorized by the law of England, v.

Assurance

Common bail: a species of bail intended only to express the appearance of a defendant in cases where special bail is not required, v. Bail; Common. Common bar: a plea in an action of trespass, otherwise called blank bar.

V.

Blank bar

Common barretor: one who frequently excites and stirs up suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise, v. Barretor;