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Although the British have rights that are guaranteed by law, there is no official constitution. There is a Bill of Rights, however, which was written in 1689 and gives, among other things, the right to freedom from taxation by a monarch, and a peacetime draft.

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Q: What is the British understanding of the word constitution?
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