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In the UK that would probably be the Magna Carta [0] which is a written document that constrains the monarch's power, and the monarch was the state at that time (1215).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta





That's my point though. The monarch has so little power now it's irrelevant and the democratic government is out of control.



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