Mag|na Car|ta

Mag|na Car|ta
Mag|na Char|ta or Mag|na Car|ta «MAG nuh KAHR tuh»,
1. the great charter which the English barons forcibly secured from King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215. The Magna Charta provided a basis for guaranteeing the personal and political liberties of the people of England, and placed the king under the rule of the law and decisively checked his power. »

For many years, the document was commonly known as Magna Charta, but in 1946 the British government officially adopted the Latin spelling, Magná Carta (Bryce Lyon).

2. any fundamental constitution guaranteeing civil and political rights.
[< Medieval Latin magna carta (literally) great charter < feminine singular of Latin magnus great, and charta chart]

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