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At the common law a man was born to the right to sit in juries.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “At the common law a man was born to the right to sit in juries.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner asserts that the right to sit on juries is inherent at birth under common law.
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