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Quotation from The Massachusetts Body of Liberties by The General Court of Massachusetts Bay (drafted chiefly by Nathaniel Ward)
“No mans life shall be taken away, no mans honour or good name shall be stayned, no mans person shall be arested, restrayned, banished, dismembred, nor any wayes punished”
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Liberty 1
The opening guarantee of due process.
Citation: "No mans life shall be taken away, no mans honour or good name shall be stayned, no mans person shall be arested, restrayned, banished, dismembred, nor any wayes punished" — The General Court of Massachusetts Bay (drafted chiefly by Nathaniel Ward), The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Liberty 1. (id massachusetts-body-of-liberties-q1)
