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Magna Carta

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Noun

1. magna carta, magna charta, the great charter

the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215

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Magna Carta

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noun
English history
the charter granted by King John at Runnymede in 1215, recognizing the rights and privileges of the barons, church, and freemen

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Magna Carta

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the great charter that King John of England was forced by the English barons to grant at Runnymede, June 15, 1215, traditionally interpreted as guaranteeing certain civil and political liberties

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Magna Carta

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n.
The charter that King John of England issued in 1215 at the behest of his barons, recognizing the right of persons to certain basic liberties, such as due process, later also embodied in the American Constitution: "We are heirs to a tradition given voice 800 years ago by Magna Carta, which ... confined executive power by 'the law of the land'" (David Souter).

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