Seventh Amendment To The United States Constitution
The Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII) to the United States Constitution, which was ratified as part of the Bill of Rights, codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases, and asserts that cases may not be re-examined by another court.
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“Every seventh year you shall grant a remission of debts.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 15:1.
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—George F. Will (b. 1934)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
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