what is the 7th amendment

The Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and was ratified on December 15, 1791. The amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jurys findings of fact. The Seventh Amendment requires civil jury trials only in federal courts. The amendment has two clauses: the Preservation Clause and the Re-examination Clause. The Preservation Clause provides that "In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved". The Re-examination Clause declares that "no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law". The Seventh Amendments provision for jury trials in civil cases has never been incorporated (applied to the states), but almost every state has a provision for jury trials in civil cases in its constitution. The prohibition of overturning a jurys findings of fact applies to federal cases, state cases involving federal law, and to review of state cases by federal courts.