...famous clause in Magna Charta runs—"No freeman shall be arrested or detained in prison, or disseised of his freehold, or outlawed, or banished, or in any...judgment of his peers and by the law of the land." The two Charters of Henry III. add after the words "disseised of his freehold," the words "or of his...

...existing modes. — Magna Charta1 provided that no man should be deprived of life, liberty or property unless "by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land." While this has been popularly accepted as a guaranty of trial by jury, yet, as we have seen2 such trials,...

...halberget), to wit, two ells within the selvedges ; of weights also let it be as of measures. XXXIX. No freeman shall be arrested, or detained in prison,...against him, unless by the lawful judgment of his peers by the law of the land. XL. To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice....

...to the most famous and most quoted portion of the Magna Charta. Let us read it in full, "No free man shall be arrested or detained in prison or deprived...freehold, or outlawed or banished or in any way molested, unless by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no...

...(remember I had only just left Cambridge): "Against no man will we go, neither will we send, save by lawful judgment of his peers, and by the law of the land." "The common law holds good in America," I thought, "and surely they will have heard of Magna Charta."...

...be outlawed or exiled or anyother ways destroyed nor shall be passed upon adjudged or condemned but by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of this province. . . . That no man of what estate or condition soever shall be put out of his lands or...

...their Latin, I shall give the translation which appears in the book, and which reads — No free man shall be arrested, or detained in prison, or deprived...against him. nor send against him, unless by the lawful judgement of his peers and by the law of the land. In the opinion of the writer, that is a fair interpretation...

...known to the common law. The Magna Charta provided that no freeman should be taken or imprisoned but by the lawful -judgment of his peers and by the law. of the land. The fifth amendment (G) New. Orleans v. Steamship Co., 20 Wall. 3.S7; Hnlgrht.v. Lucia, 36.'w(s. '353;...

...be outlawed, or exiled, or in any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him nor condemn him but by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land; we will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man, either justice or right." It was said...

...equality is seen in the pledges of the King to his people : We will not set forth against any freeman, nor send against him, unless by the lawful judgment...peers and by the law of the land ; to no one will we *ell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice. The medieval councils, the military orders,...