PROVISIONS OF OXFORD
\pɹəvˈɪʒənz ɒv ˈɒksfəd], \pɹəvˈɪʒənz ɒv ˈɒksfəd], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈɪ_ʒ_ə_n_z ɒ_v ˈɒ_k_s_f_ə_d]\
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(Eccl. Hist.) Enactments of the Council held at Oxford (called by its enemies the Mad Parliament), 1258, to remedy the grievances which had arisen from the evasion of the obligations imposed on the king by the Great Charter. See Magna Charta.
By Henry Percy Smith
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