How to Use Magna Carta in a Sentence

Magna Carta

noun
  • The pattern's name refers to the location where King John signed the Magna Carta.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
  • All this is to say that the background against which these colonial laws should be understood is not Magna Carta.
    Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • At the time England’s Magna Carta first ushered in the concept of democratic choice, there were barely 300 million people in the world.
    David A. Andelman, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The roots of this clause can be traced back to 1215, when the Magna Carta guaranteed that no one in the English justice system would pay a fine disproportionate to their crime.
    Isabelle Kause, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The requirement to post the Ten Commandments was dropped, but the commandments and the Magna Carta were added to a list of historical documents that educators have the option to use in curricula.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • Two environmental activists targeted the original Magna Carta in the United Kingdom during a protest seeking to raise awareness of climate change.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 10 May 2024
  • Regulators and legislators have been introducing aggressive reforms and negotiating them down since the Magna Carta.
    Mary Foley, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Two climate activists have damaged the glass protecting the Magna Carta, Britain’s monumental 13th-century document that limited royal authority and ensured individual rights.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024

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