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Observance of due Process of Law (English law) affirmed legal rights for anyone accursed of mischief or damages by false persons seeking revenge or benefit from the persecution of the accursed.

Liberty of Subjects (English law) defined that condemned, imprisoned, disinherited, or seized person be allowed to answer within due process of law.

The Treason Act acknowledged that whoever makes war against or assist enemies of England will be tried with treason.

The Statute for those who are born in Parts beyond Sea assured Englishmen remain subjects and children of England.

Prerogatives of the King in the Construction of Grants of Lands (English law) statute permitted the King to give and grant land as he see fits.

England’s Magna Carta of Article 39 stated that no freemen shall be taken, imprisoned, exiled or deprived of liberty without due process of law.

England’s Magna Carta of Article 39 stated that no freemen shall be taken, imprisoned, exiled or deprived of liberty without due process of law.

Laws of Richard Concerning Crusaders Who Were to Go by Sea (English law) required murderers to be buried at sea or on land.

Assize of Clarendon (English law) defined anyone identified as a robber, thief or murderer be brought to justice under the law.

The Charlotte Town Resolves stipulated North Carolina’s independence from Great Britain and the establishment of separate North Carolina’s counties with governing authority.

Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts to punish Boston and Massachusetts and to settle a government in Quebec.

James Somerset separates from master Charles Stewart while in London.