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The '''Seventh Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:

{{cquote|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 reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.}}

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==Two clauses==

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The Seventh Amendment has a Preservation Clause (which preserves the right to a jury trial in all cases arising under the common law in England, not in states, at the time of its ratification in 1791''Italic text'') and a Reexamination Clause (which limits reexamination of jury verdicts by courts).<ref>https://academy4sc.org/video/seventh-amendment-you-owe-me-20-dollars/</ref>

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