+ (1) FIRST, THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO GOD, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired.
TO ALL FREE MEN OF OUR KINGDOM we have also granted, for us and our heirs for ever, all the liberties written out below, to have and to keep for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs:
(2) If any earl, baron, or other person that holds lands directly of the Crown, for military service, shall die, and at his death his heir shall be of full age and owe a 'relief', the heir shall have his inheritance on payment of the ancient scale of 'relief'.
(7) At her husband's death, a widow may have her marriage portion and inheritance at once and without trouble. She shall pay nothing for her dower, marriage portion, or any inheritance that she and her husband held jointly on the day of his death. She may remain in her husband's house for forty days after his death, and within this period her dower shall be assigned to her.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
by The Marquis de Lafayette
Determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man, the following rights of man and of the citizen:
Articles:
Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights.
Law can only prohibit such actions as are hurtful to society.
Law is the expression of the general will.
No person shall be accused, arrested, or imprisoned except in the cases and according to the forms prescribed by law.
The law shall provide for such punishments only as are strictly and obviously necessary.
As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty.
No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views.
The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
Society has the right to require of every public agent an account of his administration.
Since property is an inviolable and sacred right, no one shall be deprived thereof except where public necessity, legally determined, shall clearly demand it, and then only on condition that the owner shall have been previously and equitably indemnified.
Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789
Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
How is the word law used differently among each text?
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Responses
Law only applies to property owners in the Magna Carta, while it refers to those who pay taxes in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law only applies to property owners in the Magna Carta, while it refers to those who pay taxes in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law only applies to the noble class in the Magna Carta, while it applies to those of the National Assembly in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law only applies to the noble class in the Magna Carta, while it applies to those of the National Assembly in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law refers to religious law in the Magna Carta, while it refers to secular law in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law refers to religious law in the Magna Carta, while it refers to secular law in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law refers to feudal law in the Magna Carta, while it refers to general principles of law in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Law refers to feudal law in the Magna Carta, while it refers to general principles of law in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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The best response to how the word "law" is used differently among the two texts is:
Law refers to feudal law in the Magna Carta, while it refers to general principles of law in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
In the Magna Carta, "law" primarily pertains to the established feudal obligations and rights of the nobility, as it's focused on the inheritance rights and protections of specific classes like earls and barons. Conversely, in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, "law" is presented as a broader concept that embodies principles meant to protect individual rights and ensure justice for all members of society, not limited to any specific class.
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