ARTICLE VII. SUITS AT COMMON LAW.

"In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact, tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."

679. How far is the right of trial by jury preserved in suits at common law? Whenever the valu in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars.

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680. What provision is made in regard to the re-examination of facts once ried by a jury?

No fact, tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

ARTICLE VIII. EXCESSIVE BAIL.

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted."

681. What historical fact is to be noted in regard to this provision?

It is an exact copy of a clause in the Bill of Rights, adopted in England during the Revolution of 1688.

ARTICLE IX.

"The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

682. What is the object of this provision?

To prevent the conclusion, that the rights enumerated in the previous articles, were all that belonged to the public.

ARTICLE X.

"The powers not granted to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

N. B. Article XI. being an amendment limiting in a certain case the jurisdiction of the Judiciary, was treated of under that head, page 83.

Article XII. being an amendment in regard to the mode of electing President and Vice President, was treated of under the head of the Executive Department, p. 63.

ARTICLE XIII.

"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince,

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