The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...
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The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear...
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In English law, a petition of right was a remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown. Before the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the...
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"the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances". Although often overlooked in favor of other...
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A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called...
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English Civil War (redirect from War of the English Revolution)
The new Parliament drew up a Petition of Right, which Charles accepted as a concession to obtain his subsidy. The Petition made reference to Magna Carta...
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The Petitions of Right Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 34) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that codified and simplified...
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is considered a basic document of the uncodified British constitution, along with Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and...
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Ship money (category Economy of Stuart England)
prorogued Parliament in early summer and after his assent to the Petition of Right, proceeded to levy ship money on every county in England without Parliament...
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idea of rights based on citizenship (see history of citizenship) by arguing that Englishmen had historically enjoyed such rights. The Petition of Right 1628...
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In 1628, Wentworth was one of the more vocal supporters of the Petition of Right, which attempted to curb the power of the King. Once Charles had grudgingly...
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John Pym (category Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock)
prevented a second attempt, while Pym supported the presentation of the Petition of Right to Charles I in 1628. Pym, his stepbrother Francis Rous, and John...
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Magna Carta (redirect from Great Charter of the Liberties of England)
Darnell's Case in 1627 that the right of habeas corpus was backed by Magna Carta. Coke supported the Petition of Right in 1628, which cited Magna Carta...
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Civil and political rights (redirect from Civil right)
politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote. These rights also...
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guilty of wrongdoing fulfilling certain criteria. A petition is successful if at least one in ten voters in the constituency sign. Successful petitions result...
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Edward Coke (category Speakers of the House of Commons of England)
ability of the monarch to grant patents, and authored and was instrumental in the passage of the Petition of Right, a document considered one of the three...
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prerogative right to imprison without trial those who refused to pay the forced loan. Summoned again in March 1628, Parliament adopted a Petition of Right on 26...
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13th century). This principle was recognised in Magna Carta and the Petition of Right 1628. This means the government may only conduct itself according...
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several petitions were signed by a number of prominent French intellectuals, doctors, and psychologists calling for reforms to or the abolition of the French...
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Roman Polanski sexual abuse case (redirect from Free Roman Polanski petition)
redistributes them to authors, hosted an international petition in favor of Polanski. The petition stated: By their extraterritoriality, film festivals...
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An online petition (or Internet petition, or e-petition) is a form of petition which is signed online, usually through a form on a website. Visitors to...
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Certiorari (redirect from Petition for writ of certiorari)
Court of the United States as a matter of right. A party who wants the Supreme Court to review a decision of a federal or state court files a "petition for...
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removed. Those who oppose the right worry about its effect on the right to freedom of expression and whether creating a right to be forgotten would result...
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Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom (redirect from Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
(2007)p. 67 Petition of Right, In re A ('Shoreham Aerodrome Case') [1915] 3 K.B. 649, cited in The case of requisition: in re a petition of right of De Keyser's...
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done". Historically in England, a warrant for a writ of error in Parliament or later a petition of right in the courts could be brought only after the king...
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and the Union of the Crowns had occurred in 1603 between Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland, and the 1628 Petition of Right had already referred...
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signed. 1628: During a period of renewed interest in Magna Carta, the Petition of Right was passed by the Parliament of England. It established, among...
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Habeas corpus (redirect from Habeas petition)
States. The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus has nonetheless long been celebrated as the most efficient safeguard of the liberty of the subject...
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Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (redirect from Habeas Corpus Act of 1679)
replaced by the Habeas Corpus Act 2001. Magna Carta Petition of Right Bill of Rights The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the...
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Sovereign immunity (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
civil proceedings could be brought were: by way of petition of right, which was dependent on the grant of the royal fiat (i.e. permission); by suits against...
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