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Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

1791 amendment regarding right to a jury trial
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Summary

Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is an amendment to the United States Constitution[1].

Key Facts

  • Part of the series: list of amendments to the United States Constitution[2]
  • Part of: United States Bill of Rights[3], United States Constitution[4]
  • Legislated by: 1st United States Congress[5]
  • Main subject: jury trial[6], question of fact[7]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United States[8]
  • Described by source: The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[10]
  • Ratified by: New Jersey[11], Maryland[12], North Carolina[13], South Carolina[14], New Hampshire[15], Delaware[16], New York[17], Pennsylvania[18], Rhode Island[19], Vermont[20], Virginia[21], Kentucky[22]
  • Effective date: December 15, 1791[23]

Related Entities

United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → jury trial, question of fact
    Country → —
    Effective date → +1791-12-15T00:00:00Z
    Legislated by → 1st United States Congress
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main subject: jury trial"
  2. 24w ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ratified by → New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina +9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31562|batch #31562]]"
  3. 24w ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of series → —
    Applies to jurisdiction → United States
    Part of → United States Bill of Rights, United States Constitution
    Instance of → amendment to the United States Constitution
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: amendment to the United States Constitution"
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