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Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
Barrister
Judge
Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales
Politician
Mileham
Norfolk
Sir Edward Coke
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Excommunicated
Outlawed
Treason
Coke
Corporations
Commit
Souls

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