Middle English Dictionary Entry
Magna Carta phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | Magna Carta phr. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Great Charter of 1215.
Associated quotations
- [ (1218) Close R.Tower 273 : Concesserimus libertates quasdam scriptas in magna carta nostra de libertatibus. ]
- (1472-5) RParl.6.158b : Where by the laudable Statute of Magna Carta, amonges other, it is ordeyned, [etc.].
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.397 : The wyghtes & mesures accordyng vnto the Statutes Ennakte as it apperith in Magna Carta.