Petition of Right in United States

Petition Of Right Definition

In English law. A proceeding, in chancery by which a subject may recover property in the possession of the king. This is in the nature of an action against a subject, in which the petitioner sets out his right to that which is demanded by him, and prays the king to do him right and justice; and, upon a due and lawful trial of the right, to make him restitution. It is called a “petition of right,” because the king is bound of right to answer it, and let the matter therein contained be determined in a legal way, in like manner as causes between subject and subject. The petition is presented to the king, who subscribes it with these words, soit droit fait al partie, and thereupon it is delivered to the chancellor to be executed according to law. 4 Inst. 419, 422b; Mitf. Eq. PL 30, 31; Cooper, Eq. PI. 22, 23.

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In English law. A proceeding, in chancery by which a subject may recover property in the possession of the king. This is in the nature of an action against a subject, in which the petitioner sets out his right to that which is demanded by him, and prays the king to do him right and justice; and, upon a due and lawful trial of the right, to make him restitution. It is called a “petition of right,” because the king is bound of right to answer it, and let the matter therein contained be determined in a legal way, in like manner as causes between subject and subject. The petition is presented to the king, who subscribes it with these words, soit droit fait al partie, and thereupon it is delivered to the chancellor to be executed according to law. 4 Inst. 419, 422b; Mitf. Eq. PL 30, 31; Cooper, Eq. PI. 22, 23.

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Petition of Right (June 7, 1628)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 644 PETITION OF RIGHT (June 7, 1628) This statute is among the foremost documents in Anglo-American constitutional history. The Petition of Right protected the liberty of the subject and contributed to the development of the rule of law and the concept of fundamental law. The Framers of the Constitution
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