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English: The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. Drafted by a committee headed by Sir Edward Coke, it was passed by the House of Commons on 8 May 1628, ratified by both the House of Commons and House of Lords on 26 and 27 May 1628, and eventually ratified by King Charles I of England on 7 June 1628.
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Source http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizens; transferred from en.wikipedia by Mattis on 21 March 2009.
Author Parliament of England.

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