Royal charters and parliamentary statutes of medieval and early modern England that set limits on the crown and protected the subject, from Magna Carta in 1215 to the Bill of Rights of 1689. A document belongs here when its cited article places its enactment before the age of written national constitutions. The group sits under the Constitutions and Founding Charters subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by when each one was adopted or decided. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
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Magna Carta (Wikipedia)
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Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (Wikipedia)
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The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (31 Cha. 2. c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of Charles II. It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, which required a court to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention and thus prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment.
Bill of Rights 1689 (Wikipedia)
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The Bill of Rights 1689 (1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2) (sometimes known as the Bill of Rights 1688) is an act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and changed the succession to the English Crown.
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