Magna Carta in Europe
Definition of Magna Carta
The charter originally granted by King John, and afterwards re-enacted and confirmed by Parliament more than thirty times. The charter now in force is the statute 9 Hen. 3, with which our statute book commences. It contained provisions to protect the subject from abuse of the Royal Prerogative in the matter of arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, and from amercements, purveyance and other extortions. It also provided for the proper administration of justice, for the uniformity of weights and measures, and the protection of foreign merchants
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