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The 7th

amendment is a very important amendment to the American Bill of Rights because it has to do

with how the judicial system is run. The amendment states that in suits at common law, where

the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved,

and 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.

The 7th Amendment is one of the most important guidelines concerning our judicial

system. The Amendment rose out of controversy surrounding the original Constitution, as many

states felt it lacked enough information on how civil trials would proceed. Once the Amendment

was drafted, it was quickly adopted. Its original intent was to divide the civil court into two

branches: common law and equity. The common law courts, those dealing specifically with

monetary values exceeding 20 dollars, would be judged by a jury.......

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