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Updated: July 20, 2025

Nevertheless, we may, for the sake of the argument, suppose the existence of a practical, if not legal, necessity, for executing some judgment or other, in cases where juries persist in disagreeing with the courts. In such cases, the principle of Magna Carta unquestionably is, that the uniform judgments of successivejuries shall prevail over the opinion of the court.

Lysander Spooner - Essay on the Trial By Jury