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Quotation from Magna Carta by King John and the barons of England
“No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in anyway destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”
Magna Carta, Clause 39, trans. White and Notestein
The most famous clause: the king promises not to proceed against any freeman except by lawful judgment or the law of the land.
Citation: "No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in anyway destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." — King John and the barons of England, Magna Carta, Clause 39, trans. White and Notestein. (id magna-carta-q3)
Portrait: Magna Carta (British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106), King John of England and the barons (1215), Public domain.
