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The Magna Carta

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

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Author spioPosted on April 6, 2011

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Term: Free man
In Magna Carta, the term free man can mean
anyone holding land by free tenure, as
distinct from a villein, who was bound to a
lord

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