Political charter

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To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.

Magna Carta

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Topic

Rule of law Justice

Source

Magna Carta

Medium

Political charter

Genre

Political literature

Language

Latin

Time

1215 1210s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, clause 40.

Current Citation

Magna Carta, translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin Classics, 2015, clause 40.

No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.

Magna Carta

Read The Magna Carta at the British Library's website

More information about this quote

Topic

Rule of law

Source

Magna Carta

Medium

Political charter

Genre

Political literature

Language

Latin

Time

1215 1210s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, clause 39.

Current Citation

Magna Carta, translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin Classics, 2015, clause 39.