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45. Justices, constables, sherifts, and tailifts shall
Judges to be skilled Oly be appointed of ‘such as know
in the law. the law and mean duly to observe it.’
54. No one shall be taken or imprisoned on the
Appeal by ewoman appeal of a woman except for the
for death of her husnd
 death of her husband.

NL. — Fundamental Principles of the Constitution.
12. No scutage or aid shall be imposed unless per
No scutageor extrn- ~~ COMMUNE concilium vegni, except in the
prdinary aid fo be three cases of ransoming the King's
imposed except by the . . i
common council of the ~ Person, making his eldest son a knight,
nation. and once for marrying his eldest
daughter ; and for these the aids shall be reasonable. In like
manner it shall be concerning the aids of the city of London,
14. In order to take the common counsel of the
Method of summons ~~ Dation in the imposition of aids (other
to the national council. than the three regular feudal aids) and
of scutage, the King shall cause to be summoned the
archbishops, bishops, earls, and greater barons, by writ
directed to each severally, and all other tenants in capite by
a general writ addressed to the sheriff of each shire; a
certain day and place shall be named for their meeting,
of which forty days’ notice shall be given ; in all letters of
summons the cause of summons shall be specified ; and the
consent of those present on the appointed day shall bind
those who, though summoned, shall not have attended.
39. No FREE MAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED,
» . OR DISSEISED, OR OUTLAWED, OR EXILED,
Predicts ian ins OR ANYWAYS DESTROYED; NOR WILL WE
GO UPON HIM, NOR WILL WE SEND UPON HIM, UNLESS BY THE
LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.