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Original Latin

LIV

Nullus capiatur nec imprisonetur propter appellum foeminae de morte alterius quam viri sui.

54

No man is to be arrested or imprisoned on account of a woman’s appeal for the death of anyone other than her own husband.

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Tournaments, Ladies and Bears (The Itinerary of King John)

Magna Carta 1215
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