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21. Earls and barons shall not be amerced but by
their peers, and according to the degree of the offence.

22. No clerk shall be amerced for his lay tenement
except according to the proportions aforesaid, and not
according to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice.

24. No sheriff, constable, coroner, or bailiff of the
Fleas of the Crown. King shall hold pleas of the Crown.

34. The writ called Praecipe shall not in future be
Writ of Praecipe in 155ued 0 as to cause a freeman to lose
capile. his Court.

36. The writ of inquest of life or limb shall be given
) Writ De odio et gratis, and not denied.
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38. No bailiff for the future shall put anyone to his law
Wager of law. (ad legem) upon fis own bare saying,
without credible witnesses to prove it,

42. In future anyone may leave the kingdom and
“Ne exeat regno’ Yeturn at will, unless in time of war,
restrained. when he may be restrained ‘for some
short space for the common good of the kingdom. Prisoners,
 outlaws, and alien enemies are excepted, and foreign
merchants shall be dealt with as provided in the 41st clause
(infra, p. viii).

44. Persons dwelling without [the limits of a] forest
shall not in future be compelled to
Forest courts. attend the King’s forest courts upon
common summons, unless they be impleaded or be
pledges for others attached for something concerning
the forest.