The idea in the English Bill of Rights that was most likely influenced by the Magna Carta is guaranteeing the right to a fair trial. The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, established the principle that no free man could be punished except through the lawful judgment of his peers, which laid the groundwork for the right to a fair trial.
That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void.
–English Bill of Rights,
1689
Which idea in the English Bill of Rights was most likely influenced by the Magna Carta?
guaranteeing the right to choose leaders
guaranteeing the right to a fair trial
protecting the right to own property
limiting the rights of rulers
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