When1: 1628
Who: Petition of Right
What: law
Where: England
Detail: Initiated by Edward Coke, a law {Petition of Right} stated that taxes, imprisonment, and quartering of soldiers in homes needed due cause or Parliament consent. It did not allow billetry. It said that people had right to habeas-corpus writ. It stated that imprisonment required cause and opportunity to answer charge. It required Parliament consent to order anyone to pay money to state. It gave Parliament right of free speech. It reduced martial law punishments.
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