BODY OF LIBERTIES,
\bˈɒdi ɒv lˈɪbətɪz], \bˈɒdi ɒv lˈɪbətɪz], \b_ˈɒ_d_i_ ɒ_v l_ˈɪ_b_ə_t_ɪ_z]\
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a code of 100 fundamental laws established by the General Court of Massachusetts in December, 1641. Hitherto there had been no written law in the colony, justice having been administered wholly upon principles of equity. The Body of Liberties was drafted by Nathaniel Ward, pastor of the church at Ipswich. It laid down the fundamental principles of the sacredness of life, liberty, property and reputation, and prescribed general rules for judicial proceedings.
By John Franklin Jameson
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