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Somerset v Stewart (Somersett's Case)

(1772) 20 State Tr 1
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of King's Bench
Year1772
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

slavery; no positive law supporting slavery in England; person cannot be forcibly removed from England to be sold as slave abroad

Area of Law

human-rights

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