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Englishman’s Home is His Castle

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An Englishman’s Home is His Castle – This English dictum means that a man’s home is his world to do as he pleases with no rules – in general. It dates back to the 17th Century when Sir Edward Coke, declared in the “Institutes of the Laws of England,1628 that: -

“For a man’s house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium (and each man’s home is his safest refuge”

In modern times, the majority of Brits still believe in this to an extent. It’s common for a man to look upon his place of domain as his kingdom or “castle”, over which he reigns supreme.

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