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  2. Petition of Right - Wikipedia

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    The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. [1]

  3. Right to petition - Wikipedia

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    The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals. The right can be traced back to the Bill of Rights 1689 , the Petition of Right (1628) , and Magna Carta (1215) .

  4. 3rd Parliament of Charles I - Wikipedia

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    Once assembled, the Commons indicated that it would vote the King five subsidies in return for his acceptance of a Petition of Right, [2] confirming the rights of the individual as against the divine right of the King. After much debate, prevarication and delay, the King finally backed down and gave his assent to the petition in such a way it ...

  5. Fundamental Laws of England - Wikipedia

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    the Bill of Rights 1689 assented to by King William III and Queen Mary II; the Act of Settlement 1701; Blackstone's list was an 18th-century constitutional view, and the Union of the Crowns had occurred in 1603 between Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland, and the 1628 Petition of Right had already referred to the fundamental laws being ...

  6. Petition of Right (1628), prohibited taxation without law and quartering of naval personnel in private houses without the owner's consent, and reasserted habeas corpus; Instrument of Government (1653), first codified constitution of England; Humble Petition and Advice (1657), second codified constitution of England; Habeas Corpus Act 1679

  7. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It is not necessary to say that the two Clauses are identical in their mandate or their purpose and effect to acknowledge that the rights of speech and petition share substantial common ground. This Court has said that the right to speak and the right to petition are "cognate rights." Thomas v. Collins, 323 U. S. 516, 530 (1945); see also Wayte v.

  8. Bill of Rights 1689 - Wikipedia

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    [32] [33] For example, as with the Bill of Rights 1689, the US Constitution prohibits excessive bail and "cruel and unusual punishment"; in fact, the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution which imposes this prohibition is a near-verbatim reproduction of the corresponding article in the Bill of Rights 1689.

  9. Darnell's Case - Wikipedia

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    Among them were Sir Thomas Darnell, Sir John Corbet, Sir Walter Erle, Sir John Heveningham and Sir Edmund Hampden, who submitted a joint petition for habeas corpus. Approved on 3 November 1627, the court ordered the five be brought before them in order to clarify what law they had broken; it became known as Darnell's Case , although Darnell ...

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