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What is the true definition of a ‘Freeman’ or a ‘Freeman of the Land’..?
A lot of energy has been put into discrediting the notion of the 'Freeman of the Land’ and this post aims to research the true meaning.
Many people who challenge the legality of council tax report that they have received similar template letters accusing them of making ‘Freeman of the Land pseudo-legal arguments’.
I was confused about the meaning of this term until I read the essay ‘Trial By Jury’by Lysander Spooner.
In Trial by Jury, Lysander Spooner discusses the context of Magna Carta 1215, using his own English translation of the original Latin text.
Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American legal theorist, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his research into English constitutional documents that cover natural law, jury rights, anti-slavery activism, and opposition to state authority.
Councils and others in the legal realm who want state control via legislation appear to interpret the meaning of 'freeman of the land' to be a rejection of the United Kingdom's legal jurisdiction and a way of opting out of the system.
This fits exactly with Spooner's interpretation of Magna Carta 1215. Spooner was an anarchist and a legal theorist who argued against state authority, and his philosophy of the law was based on jury nullification, constitutional rights, and the observance of the inalienable rights of men and women under natural law.
In this essay, he uses the term "freeman" to mean an English man who is a full and free member of society entitled to certain rights under common law.
A freeman is therefore an adult male over the age of 21 who is free and has not lost his constitutional rights due to having been guilty of a crime.
A convicted criminal would not be considered a ‘free man’ as he would have lost his constitutional rights.
(Excerpt)
Read the full blog here…
https://awakenedgb.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/what-is-the-true-definition-of-a-freeman-or-a-freeman-of-the-land
A lot of energy has been put into discrediting the notion of the 'Freeman of the Land’ and this post aims to research the true meaning.
Many people who challenge the legality of council tax report that they have received similar template letters accusing them of making ‘Freeman of the Land pseudo-legal arguments’.
I was confused about the meaning of this term until I read the essay ‘Trial By Jury’by Lysander Spooner.
In Trial by Jury, Lysander Spooner discusses the context of Magna Carta 1215, using his own English translation of the original Latin text.
Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American legal theorist, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his research into English constitutional documents that cover natural law, jury rights, anti-slavery activism, and opposition to state authority.
Councils and others in the legal realm who want state control via legislation appear to interpret the meaning of 'freeman of the land' to be a rejection of the United Kingdom's legal jurisdiction and a way of opting out of the system.
This fits exactly with Spooner's interpretation of Magna Carta 1215. Spooner was an anarchist and a legal theorist who argued against state authority, and his philosophy of the law was based on jury nullification, constitutional rights, and the observance of the inalienable rights of men and women under natural law.
In this essay, he uses the term "freeman" to mean an English man who is a full and free member of society entitled to certain rights under common law.
A freeman is therefore an adult male over the age of 21 who is free and has not lost his constitutional rights due to having been guilty of a crime.
A convicted criminal would not be considered a ‘free man’ as he would have lost his constitutional rights.
(Excerpt)
Read the full blog here…
https://awakenedgb.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/what-is-the-true-definition-of-a-freeman-or-a-freeman-of-the-land
1 comment
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A free man was anyone with a trade, millers cotters, blacksmiths etc
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