What is the meaning of Magna Charta?

  • 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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