Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	action_n	judgement_n	plaintiff_n	2,011	5	10.8617	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54684	The antiquity, legality, right, use, and ancient usage of fines paid in chancery upon the suing out, or obtaining some sorts of original writs retornable into the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster / by Fabian Phillips ...	Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690.	1663 (1663)	Wing P2005A; ESTC R31118	24,218	54

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