Magna Carta
noun
Mag·na Car·ta
ˈmag-nə-ˈkär-tə
variants
or less commonly Magna Charta
1
: a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede
2
: a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges
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