Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John With an Historical Introduction

chapter 52 for Englishmen in like case, except for the last words, “in

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accordance with the laws of the Welsh in relation to the aforesaid districts,” indicating the three systems of law referred to in the previous chapter. No machinery is here specified for declaring or applying that law; the need for this indeed had been rendered remote by John’s success before the arbitrators who determined that a crusader’s privilege should be accorded him.[1041]

Footnote 1041:

See _supra_, c. 52.

The Articles of the Barons had, however, mentioned the procedure to be adopted; and a comparison of the terms of articles 25 and 44 with those of chapter 57 of the Charter suggests the antithesis between “_per judicium parium suorum in curia regis_” for Englishmen in such cases, and “_in marchia per judicium parium suorum_” for Welshmen.