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XXIII

Nec villa nec homo distringatur facere pontes ad riparias, nisi qui ab antiquo et de jure facere debent.

23

Neither township nor man is to be distrained to make bridges over rivers, except those who should of old and rightfully do so.

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The copies of Magna Carta 1216 (Features of the Month)

King John’s Lost Language of Cranes (Features of the Month)

Magna Carta 1215
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