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Petition of Right
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. Wikipedia
Citation: 3 Cha. 1. c. 1
Royal assent: 7 June 1628
The Petition of Right, enacted in 1628, was a significant constitutional document that set out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited ...
The crisis of 1629-60 originated in Charles I's belief that by the royal prerogative he could govern without the advice and consent of Parliament.
Petition of right, legal petition asserting a right against the English crown. The monarch, being sovereign over the courts, was not subject to the courts' ...
They do therefore humbly pray your most excellent Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like ...
The Petition of Rights guaranteed certain rights to the people that the king had to honor. When the king ignored the petition, England entered a civil war.