Its clause 12 states that a levy to raise ransom money for the king known as "scutage", to knight his eldest son or marry off his eldest daughter, cannot be imposed without the "common counsel of the realm."
It seeked the removal of fish-weirs from major waterways, and the first section deals with a dispute over the independence of Steven Langston. Its clause 12 states that a levy to raise ransom money for the king known as "scutage", to knight his eldest son or marry off his eldest daughter, cannot be imposed without the "common counsel of the realm." Its clause 61 states that the Great Council can foreswear allegiance to the monarch in some cases, leading its signatory to renounce it, an act culminating in the Baron's War. Also codifying the already-extant expectations of habeas corpus and signed at Runnymede, this is, for 10 points, what document limiting the tyranny of the English monarch, signed by King John in 1215?
It seeked the removal of fish-weirs from major waterways, and the first section deals with a dispute over the independence of Steven Langston.
{Magna Carta}