Seventh Amendment - Common Lawsuits - Jury Trial
Amendment VII - Common Lawsuits - Jury Trial
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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