Underage heirs and widows should not be obliged to pay interest on inherited loans.

Land may not be seized in payment of a debt, unless it is a last resort.

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.


To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Clauses 39 and 40 Magna Carta, 1215 version