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2007-01-30 07:09:14 · 11 answers · asked by cfpickens@sbcglobal.net 1 in Politics & Government Government

11 answers

Either a date in history
or
A very large credit card
or
A very large rare bottle of champagne.

2007-01-30 07:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 0 2

Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter", literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta influenced many common law documents, such as the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.

Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of the king could be bound by law. Many clauses were renewed throughout the Middle Ages, and further during the Tudor and Stuart periods, and the 17th and 18th centuries. By the early 19th century most clauses had been repealed from English law.

There are a number of popular misconceptions about Magna Carta, such as that it was the first document to limit the power of an English king by law (it was not the first, and was partly based on the Charter of Liberties); that it in practice limited the power of the king (it mostly did not in the Middle Ages); and that it is a single static document (it is a variety of documents referred to under a common name).

2007-01-30 07:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by tewarienormy 4 · 0 0

Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter", literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta influenced many common law documents, such as the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy

2007-01-30 07:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 1 0

1215 was the year the Magna Carta was originally issued. It is said to be one of the most important documents in history having to do with laws and most importantly our Constitution.

2007-01-30 07:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rocko Barbella 4 · 0 0

between the main severe issues it pronounced is that the King might desire to no longer arrest people without due technique of the courts ie habeus corpus which then grew to advance right into a controversy lower back decrease than Charles I and led to the Civil warfare. yet John began a warfare against the Barons who made him sign it and refused to be sure by potential of the Magna Carta besides.

2016-12-16 17:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by herzog 4 · 0 0

you'll find what you need to know about 1215 Magna Carta Laws....

Hope this helps....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

2007-01-30 07:15:54 · answer #6 · answered by Rmprrmbouncer 5 · 0 0

Somthing that is actually still technically binding in Canada that protects the rights of the people better than either the US or Canadian constitution .

Probably why no one wants to remember it.
garentee's I will not be harrased by the Sherifs or balifs for instance while making a living comeing and going from and to my nation of origin.

It should be read enforced and taught in shcools and is on the list of things we should be jumping up and down quoting in court as it is a document acepted by Queen Victoria in perpatuity

2007-01-30 07:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Open your book to the index. Look up "Magna Carta." Go to the page referenced and READ.

Unless you're sharing your diploma or degree with me, I don't want to do your homework.

2007-01-30 07:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by Karen M 3 · 2 0

A charter that the English nobility forced King John to sign guaranteeing their traditional rights and privileges.

2007-01-30 07:13:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta

it is a better explaination than i can give off the top of my head...

2007-01-30 07:12:44 · answer #10 · answered by Revel 2 · 1 0

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