The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. It arose from a wider conflict between Parliament and the Stuart monarchy: after Charles I imposed forced loans and used martial law to billet soldiers on private citizens without justification, a Commons committee prepared resolutions declaring these practices illegal and reaffirming Magna Carta and habeas corpus, and Charles accepted the Petition once the Lords joined the Commons in opposing him. The Petition remains in force in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth, and reportedly influenced the Massachusetts Body of Liberties and the Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh amendments to the United States Constitution.
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