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The Magna Carta

Magna Carta (Great Charter), 1297 Parliament House, Canberra

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Assizes

Term: Assizes
A trial session held periodically in specific
locations by a judge

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Term: Cinque Ports
An ancient association of maritime towns in
south-eastern England; originally (1278)
numbering five (Hastings, Romney, Hythe,
Dover, and Sandwich), and later including
Winchelsea, Rye, and several others, receiving
special privileges for their part in the naval
defence of England

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