...judgment of his peers, or the law of the land." The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776 provided "that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers." The constitutions of Maryland and North Carolina in 1776 and South Carolina...

...impartial jury of [the] vicinage" and provided, in the tradition of Magna Carta, that no man shall be deprived of his liberty "except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers."27 To the bill's opponents, the rights to a trial by jury and to due process...

...England, London: Longman, reprint 1952, Vol. 2, p. 270). The English Bill of Rights says in Section 10: excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted (Kurland, Vol. 5, p. 369, No. 2, Bill of Rights, Sec. 10 [16...

...of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that...deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. Sec. 9. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines...

...unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty, nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; (vi) that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers; (vii) that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines...

...parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament; Article X excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; Article XI jury trial is available; and Article XIII for the...

...'constitutional' statute in this area is the Bill of Rights Act 1688, a clause of which provides 'that excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted'. This was passed in reaction to the very severe penalties (including...

...stock verbal formula. It originally appeared in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, which declared that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." That sentence was copied into Virginia's Declaration of Rights...

...Proceedings in Parliament ought not to be question'd in any Court or Place out of Parliament. That excessive Bail ought not to be required, nor excessive Fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual Punishments inflicted. That Jurors ought to be duly impanel'd and return'd. and that...

...the representatives of the people is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. After the Nazi trials for crimes committed against humanity...