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This was one reason, doubtless, why Magna Carta made juries, in civil suits, paramount to all instructions of the king's judges.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgThis was one reason, doubtless, why Magna Carta made juries, in civil suits, paramount to all instructions of the king's judges.
Spooner notes that Magna Carta established juries as superior to the king's judges in civil matters.
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