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• Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges. • 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.
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Mag'na Char'ta [ Latin , 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 constituti...
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The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people many liberties which had before been invaded, and provided against many abuses which before rendered liberty a mere name.It is divided into thirty-eight chapters: 1. To the which relate as follows, namely: freedom of the church and ...
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n] - the charter given to English barons by King John in 1215
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