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In England in 1215, there was a conflict between King John and a group of his barons. The barons took up arms against John and captured London. They held negotiations with King John and drew up agreements known as Magna Carta. Magna Carta established for the first time a very significant constitutional principle: that the power of the king could be limited by a written grant. Afterward, the barons pledged their allegiance to the king again. Magna Carta is an example of

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The whole document is written in Latin, and the original Magna Carta had 63 clauses. Today, only three of these remain on the statute books; one defends the liberties and rights of the English Church, another confirms the liberties and customs of London and other towns, and the third gives all English subjects the right to justice and a fair trial. The third says

“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.In 1215 King John agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta following the uprising of a group of rebel barons in England.The Magna Carta is considered one of the first steps taken in England towards establishing parliamentary democracy.

In the century after Henry III’s version of the Magna Carta, parliament interpreted the document’s message as a right to a fair trial for all subjects.

During the Stuart period, and particularly in the English Civil War, the Magna Carta was used to restrain the power of monarchs at a time