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  2. Magna Carta - Wikipedia

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    Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 810 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...

  3. Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act - Wikipedia

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    In a De La Salle University primer on the law and its place in the related Magna Carta for Women, they note that the law sees websites that are intended only for foreigners to meet Filipinas as illegitimate; while general dating sites may be allowed depending on the other circumstances of the case. [10]

  4. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Constitution was a federal one and was greatly influenced by the study of Magna Carta and other federations, both ancient and extant. The Due Process Clause of the Constitution was partly based on common law and on Magna Carta (1215), which had become a foundation of English liberty against arbitrary power wielded by a ruler.

  5. Royal charter - Wikipedia

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    A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

  6. Bill of rights - Wikipedia

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    An example is Magna Carta, an English legal charter agreed between the King and his barons in 1215. [2] In the early modern period , there was renewed interest in Magna Carta . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on citizenship (see history of citizenship ) by arguing that Englishmen had ...

  7. Two women in their 80s have been charged with criminal damage after the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library was attacked. Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, from Bristol, and Judith Bruce ...

  8. Philippine Commission on Women - Wikipedia

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    The Magna Carta of Women guarantees the rights of women, including farmers and rural workers, informal sector workers and the urban poor, indigenous women, and those with disabilities, as well as older women and girls. These guarantees rights that include those involving food security, affordable and secure housing, employment, the recognition ...

  9. 10 Reasons Why Every American Woman Should Vote In November

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    Women make up 51 percent of the U.S. population. And though we are by no means a monolith — in fact, we fall into every ethnic, socioeconomic, religious and ideological group — we have historically been underrepresented politically. This underrepresentation makes our political participation even more imperative.