Clauses 47 and 48 of this document abolished most of Forest Law, and Clause 27 deals with intestacy.
Clauses 47 and 48 of this document abolished most of Forest Law, and Clause 27 deals with intestacy. The Battle of Bouvines helped lead to this document's signing one year later. Clause 29 of a reissued version of this document is still in force and establishes the right to due process. A forerunner to this document was the Charter of Liberties, written in 1100, which bound the King to certain laws regarding church officials and nobles. FTP, name this important English constitutional document written in response to the abuses of King John that established the principle that no one is above the law, signed at Runnymede in 1215.
Clauses 47 and 48 of this document abolished most of Forest Law, and Clause 27 deals with intestacy.
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