Magna Carta Highlights & Explanations

1. Magna Carta Highlights & Explanations Clauses 42, 44, 45, 52, 54, 55, 61 & 63

2. Clause #42 • Any citizen can come and go from England as long as they remain loyal to the government. • Outlaws are exempted from this • One can’t travel to a country that England is currently at war with

3. Clause #44 • People who live in one area of the country (Indiana, for example) won’t have to come before courts in a different area of the country (California, for example) unless they are involved in a case in that specific region

4. Clause #45 • The government won’t appoint men to be officers of the court unless they know the law and obey it

5. Clause #52 • If anyone has been wronged by they government in the past, and that wrong is still happening (seizure of property, ex.), the government will make things right again, within a reasonable time period.

6. Clause #54 • A woman can be counted on to testify against another in the death of her husband only

7. Clause #55 • All punishments that were imposed by the government unfairly and against the law will immediately be revoked

8. Clause #61 • The population will elect twenty-five men to see to it that these clauses are enforced. • If the royalty violates any of these clauses, four of those twenty-five men need to show royalty that they have violated them.

9. If the royalty has been shown that they violated one of these clauses, they need to “right the wrong” within forty days. • If royalty doesn’t “right the wrong” within forty days, the issue needs to be referred to all twenty-five elected men. • The twenty-five elected men may then forcibly correct the error. • As long as the majority of the twenty-five elected men agree, their decision is binding.

10. Clause #63 • This clause simply reiterates the notion that the English church needs to remain free. • It also states that these rights will be preserved forever and without evil intentions.