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What does Magna Carta mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Magna Carta? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A charter, granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, that is a basis of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.
  2. (figuratively) A landmark document that sets out rights or important principles.
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The image of Magna Carta being grudgingly given by a cornered tyrant still remains.
The Magna Carta is often regarded as one of the first instruments which documented due process.
Nineteenth-century popular movements for parliamentary reform such as Chartism turned to Magna Carta for support.
That would take us back to the dark ages, to the period prior to the Magna Carta.
Well, you see, the lords and barons swore their oath to make the king sign the Magna Carta at Bury St Edmunds.
Other candidates include the ship burial at Sutton Hoo, the Lindisfarne Gospels, Magna Carta, the Domesday Book and the Isle of Lewis chessmen.

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