Not only were the common people unable to read their own language, but, at the time of Magna Carta, the laws were written in Latin, a language that could be read by few persons except the priests, who were also the lawyers of the nation.
Spooner points out that the laws were written in Latin, making them inaccessible to most people at the time of Magna Carta.
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