Definition: <span>The </span>Petition<span> of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
This statement by John Locke accurately describes the influence of the Petition of Rights: </span><span>In his Second Treatise of </span>Government, Locke identified the basis of a legitimate government<span>. According to Locke, a ruler gains authority through the consent of the governed. The duty of that </span>government<span> is to protect the natural </span>rights<span> of the people, which Locke believed to include life, liberty, and property.</span>
