No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed… — Magna Carta
No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
In the original Latin
Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut disseisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nec super eum ibimus, nec super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum vel per legem terre.
Magna Carta
1215
★ 3.7Provenance
Current citation
Magna Carta, translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin Classics, 2015, clause 39.
Original citation
Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, clause 39.
