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The Magna Carta was written over 500 years before the American Revolution, yet colonists sought to establish many of its ideals in their new constitution. According to clause XXXIX,

"No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or deprived of his free property or of his liberties or free customs, or outlawed or exiled or in any way ruined, nor will we go against such a man or send against him except by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To no-one will we sell or deny right or justice."

How does this law differ from the status of a colonist in America?