Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and restricts courts from overturning a jury's factual findings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Const. amend. VII	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedOn	1791-12-15 ⓘ
appliesTo	civil cases in federal courts ⓘ suits at common law ⓘ
basedOn	English common law tradition ⓘ
bindingOn	federal courts ⓘ
category	United States civil rights law ⓘ United States constitutional law ⓘ
citation	Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. VII
containsPhrase	In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ⓘ 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 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	criminal prosecutions ⓘ most equitable proceedings ⓘ
draftedBy	James Madison ⓘ
firstClauseKnownAs	jury trial clause ⓘ
follows	U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
guaranteesRight	right to trial by jury in certain civil cases ⓘ
hasNumber	7 ⓘ
historicalContext	Anti-Federalist concerns about federal judicial power ⓘ
includedIn	original ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
initiallyNotIncorporatedAgainst	U.S. states ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	civil procedure ⓘ jury trial ⓘ
limits	reexamination of facts tried by a jury ⓘ
partOf	Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: United States Bill of Rights United States Constitution ⓘ
precedes	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	First United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1789-09-25 ⓘ
protects	civil litigants ⓘ
protectsFrom	judicial encroachment on jury fact-finding ⓘ
protectsRightOf	civil defendants ⓘ civil plaintiffs ⓘ
purpose	to limit appellate and trial judges from reweighing jury-found facts ⓘ to preserve the common-law right to civil jury trial ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1791-12-15 ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	directed verdict ⓘ judgment as a matter of law ⓘ summary judgment ⓘ
restricts	federal courts from overturning a jury's factual findings except as allowed by common law ⓘ
secondClauseKnownAs	reexamination clause ⓘ
setsMonetaryThreshold	twenty dollars ⓘ
textualStructure	two clauses ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → citation → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. amend. VII

Bill of Rights → containsAmendment → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States constitutional amendments → includes → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

First United States Congress → proposedAmendment → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment → ratifiedWith → Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution