Note 799 — MAGNA CARTA. (continued 4)

Thus Blackstone, Commentaries, IV. 424: “It protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.” Hallam, Middle Ages, II. 448, speaking of cc. 39 and 40 together, says they “protect the personal liberty and property of all freemen by giving security from arbitrary imprisonment and arbitrary spoliation.” Creasy, English Constitution, p. 151, n.: “The ultimate effect of this chapter was to give and to guarantee full protection for person and property to every human being that breathes English air.”