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'By the lawful judgement of his peers': to be a juror

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Jun 07, 2021
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A copy of the Magna Carta, which enshrined the principle of the trial by jury in English law, although the roots of the jury went back to the reign of Henry II

No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.

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