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cause_n action_n defendant_n plaintiff_n 3,071 5 10.8111 5 true
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A88850 The bribe-takers of jury-men partiall, dishonest, and ignorant discovered and abolished; and, honest, judicious, able, and impartiall restored; and their equall election to try causes, and find inquests. / Written, proposed, and tendred to the same intent and purpose as all the former proposalls, to and for the saving to the honest people of this nation the thirty hundred thousand pounds yearly are. By William Leach of the Middle-Temple. Leach, William. 1652 (1652) Wing L772; Thomason E659_1; ESTC R202689 11,038 16

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