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MAGNA CARTA (2)
MAGNA CARTA (2)
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a
list
of
rights
and privileges that
King John
of
England
signed under
pressure
from
English
noblemen in 1215. It established the principles that the
king
could not
levy
taxes
without
consent
of his
legislature
, or
Parliament
, and that no free
man
in
England
could be deprived of
liberty
or
property
except through a trial or other
legal
process
.
—
SHSBC
Binder 26 Approved Glossary