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单词 Magna Carta
释义
Mag·na Car·ta or Mag·na Char·ta (măgnə kärtə)
n.
The charter that King John of England issued in 1215 at the behest of his barons, recognizing the right of persons to certain basic liberties, such as due process, later also embodied in the American Constitution: "We are heirs to a tradition given voice 800 years ago by Magna Carta, which ... confined executive power by 'the law of the land'" (David Souter).

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin : Latin magna, great + charta, charter.]
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