WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

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No bailiff [official] for the future shall, upon his own unsupported complaint, put anyone to his “law, “ without credible [believable] witnesses brought for this purpose.-Magna Carta, 1215According to the Magna Carta, someone could not be tried for a crime unless there were
A
witnesses
B
bailiff
C
complaint
D
law
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From clause 14 of the 1215 Magna Carta springs the idea of no taxation without representation, and with it the establishment of a common council, duly embodied in Parliament, as a means of obtaining popular consent.

Detailed explanation-2: -* (63) IT IS ACCORDINGLY OUR WISH AND COMMAND that the English Church shall be free, and that men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions, well and peaceably in their fullness and entirety for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and all places for ever.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Clause 12 represented a determined attempt by the barons to establish control over two of the most important of King John’s methods of taxation, by insisting that they were only to be taken with their own consent, since they claimed the right to speak for the kingdom at large.

Detailed explanation-4: -It basically says that everyone has a duty to rebel against the king if he doesn’t rule fairly and fails to respond to any complaints brought by the council of 25 barons.

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