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Which four protections did the Petition of Right seek to secure?
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The Petition of Right, which was drafted with the assistance of the English jurist Sir Edward Coke, sought to secure the following four protections:
- No taxation without the consent of Parliament
- No imprisonment without cause
- No quartering of soldiers on subjects
- No martial law in peacetime12