Section 13.

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No person to be deprived of property without due process of law; trial by jury to be held sacred

That no person shall be deprived of his property without due process of law; and in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. The General Assembly may limit the number of jurors for civil cases in courts of record to not less than five in cases cognizable by justices of the peace, or to not less than seven in cases not so cognizable.

That no person shall be deprived of his property without due process of law; and in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred; but the General Assembly may limit the number of jurors for civil cases in circuit and corporation courts to not less than five in cases now cognizable by justices of the peace, or to not less than seven in cases not so cognizable.

That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.

That, in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trail by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.

That, in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trail by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.

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That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.

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