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Definition of Magna Charta

Magna Charta
Magna Charta Mag"na Char"ta [L., great charter.] 1. The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I. 2. Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.

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- Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), is a...
- The Magna Charta Universitatum (Great Charter of Universities) is a two-page do****ent produced by the University of Bologna and the European Rectors' Conference...
- PS Magna Charta both operating as ferries on the Humber estuary: PS Magna Charta (1826) was a wooden paddlesteamer built in North Shields. PS Magna Charta (1873)...
- The PS Magna Charta is a former paddlesteamer ferry built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1873. The Magna Charta was used as...
- listed separately as Magna Carta and Carta de Foresta in the Chronological Table of the Statutes. Magna Cartacited as Magna Charta, made 9 Hen. 3 and...
- HathiTrust. "Anno secundo Edwardi II". The Statutes at Large. Vol. 1 – Magna Charta to 14 Edward III – 1225 to 1340. 16 April 1762. pp. 334–335 – via Internet...
- River Thames History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta Island; with the History of Horton, and the town of Colnbrook, Bucks...
- s.2(2)(a), Schedule 1. Early Statutes of Ireland H. F. Berry, 1907 Magna Charta Hiberniae, pp. 31–33, H.G. Richardson, Irish Historical Studies "Pre-1922...
- to convey the same meaning as the words, 'by the law of the land,' in Magna Charta." M****achusetts Supreme Court Justice Lemuel Shaw wrote in 1857 that...
- published in 1587. The Statutes at Large: Edition by Owen Ruffhead, from "Magna Charta" down to the Acts of 4 Geo. 3: 9 volumes, London. "Printed for Mark Basket...