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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. Bill of rights - Wikipedia

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    The Petition of Right 1628, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and the Bill of Rights 1689 (English Bill of Rights) established certain rights in statute. In the Thirteen Colonies , the English Bill of Rights was one of the influences on the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights , which in turn influenced the United States Declaration of Independence ...

  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. 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) .

  6. 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 ...

  7. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This view was rejected by the United States Supreme Court in 1984: Nothing in the First Amendment or in this Court's case law interpreting it suggests that the rights to speak, associate, and petition require government policymakers to listen or respond to communications of members of the public on public issues. [18] See also Smith v.

  8. Bill of Rights 1689 - Wikipedia

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    Although not a comprehensive statement of civil and political liberties, the Bill of Rights stands as one of the landmark documents in the development of civil liberties in the United Kingdom and a model for later, more general, statements of rights; [31] [18] [26] these include the United States Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of the ...

  9. Declaration of Right, 1689 - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Right, or Declaration of Rights, is a document produced by the English Parliament, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. It sets out the wrongs committed by the exiled James II , the rights of English citizens, and the obligation of their monarch.