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Article Part1-XXIV, § XXIV — Article XXIV.

Massachusetts Const. art. Part1-XXIV, § XXIV

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Mass. Const. art. Part1-XXIV, § XXIV.

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Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.

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