Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	defendant_n	plaintiff_n	3,417	5	10.5128	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36231	Judge Dodaridge, his law of nobility and peerage wherein the antiquities, titles, degrees, and distinctions, concerning the peeres and nobility of this nation, are excellently set forth : with the knights, esquires, gentleman, and yeoman, and matters incident to them, according to the lawes and customes of England.; Magazine of honour	Bird, William, 17th cent.; Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628.	1658 (1658)	Wing D1794; ESTC R11125	103,063	198

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dominos_fw-la magnates_fw-la comites_fw-la seu_fw-la barones_n regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la anglium_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la parl._n nostra_fw-la de_fw-la suminicionem_fw-la nostra_fw-la venire_fw-la debent_fw-la aut_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la regnum_fw-la nostri_fw-la angl._n feri_fw-la faciendum_fw-la quia_fw-la breed_fw-mi g_o t._n unius_fw-la baronum_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_o breed_fw-mi ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostri_fw-la de_fw-la suminitionem_fw-la regius_fw-la venient_fw-la record_n &_o hoc_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandanus_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la quorum_fw-la interest_n innatescimus_fw-la testae_fw-la est_fw-la lan_o h._n n_n b._n fol._n 247._o for_o unless_o the_o court_n be_v judicial_o certify_v by_o the_o king_n write_v out_o of_o the_o chancery_n that_o the_o defendant_n be_v a_o lord_n of_o the_o parliament_n if_o a_o capias_fw-la or_o exigent_n issue_n forth_o against_o he_o no_o error_n neither_o be_v it_o punishable_a in_o 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much_o the_o common_a law_n have_v always_o prohibit_v perpetuity_n in_o land_n and_o tenement_n you_o may_v see_v in_o corbet_n case_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o sir_n edward_n cook_n book_n folly_n 84._o and_o in_o many_o other_o case_n in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o book_n also_o littleton_n fol._n 145._o say_v it_o be_v a_o principle_n in_o the_o law_n that_o every_o land_n of_o fee-simple_n may_v be_v charge_v with_o a_o rent_n in_o fee-simple_n by_o one_o way_n or_o other_o but_o of_o the_o king_n majesty_n upon_o the_o creation_n of_o any_o peer_n of_o the_o realm_n duke_n marquesse_n earl_n viscount_n or_o baron_n do_v as_o the_o manner_n be_v by_o his_o letter_n patent_n give_v unto_o such_o new_a create_a nobleman_n a_o annuity_n or_o rent_n for_o the_o support_n of_o his_o

again_o and_o appear_v not_o but_o make_v defanit_fw-la bucham_n sergeant_n for_o the_o tenant_n pray_v the_o court_n to_o record_v the_o nonsuite_n quod_fw-la factum_fw-la fuit_fw-la and_o then_o dyer_n chief_a justice_n recite_v the_o writ_n and_o count_n and_o issue_n join_v upon_o the_o battle_n and_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o champion_n to_o perform_v it_o and_o the_o prefixion_n of_o his_o day_n and_o place_n do_v give_v judgement_n against_o the_o demandant_n and_o that_o the_o tenant_n shall_v have_v the_o land_n to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o demandant_n and_o his_o pledge_n de_fw-la prosequendo_fw-la in_o miserecordia_fw-la reginae_fw-la and_o afterward_o solemn_a proclamation_n be_v make_v that_o the_o champion_n and_o all_o other_o there_o present_a which_o be_v by_o estimation_n four_o thousand_o person_n may_v depart_v in_o the_o peace_n of_o god_n &_o the_o queen_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la magra_fw-la clamoro_fw-la vivat_fw-la r●gina_fw-la vid._n dy._n 30._o also_o if_o false_a judgement_n be_v give_v in_o the_o county_n in_o the_o sheriff_n court_n than_o the_o writ_n shall_v be_v direct_v unto_o the_o same_o sheriff_n and_o the_o writ_n shall_v be_v thus_o viz._n henricus_fw-la etc._n etc._n vic'_fw-fr lincoln_n '_o saltum_fw-la si_fw-la jo_n afec_n '_o tunc_fw-la inpleno_fw-it comitat._n tuo_fw-la recordari_fw-la fac_fw-la '_o loquar_fw-la que_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la per_fw-la breed_v '_o nostri_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la inter_fw-la johannem_fw-la a_o pretend_v &_o w._n b._n tenant_n '_o de_fw-fr uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-mi &_o centum_fw-la acre_n terrae_fw-la c●m_fw-la pertinena_fw-la '_o in_o com'_n unde_fw-la idem_fw-la io_n acqueritur_fw-la falsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la factum_fw-la suisse_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la &_o recordo_fw-la illud_fw-la litter_n '_o coram_fw-la justice_n '_o nostris_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n '_o tali_fw-la die_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la et_fw-la legales_fw-la milites_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la com'_n &_o illis_fw-la qui_fw-la record_n '_o illi_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la &_o some_o '_o per_fw-la bonos_fw-es somonon_fw-fr '_o pred'_fw-fr b._n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la et_fw-la ibi_fw-la anditurae_fw-la recordum_fw-la illud_fw-la et_fw-la habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la sun_n '_o nostra_fw-la quatuor_fw-la militum_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la breed_v '_o fitz._n h._n nat._n br_v '_o et_fw-fr ibid._n and_o these_o four_o must_v be_v knight_n indeed_o also_o the_o justice_n upon_o consideration_n of_o the_o usual_a word_n in_o every_o writ_n of_o venire_fw-la facias_fw-la which_o by_o precipimus_fw-la eibi_fw-la quod_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ceram_fw-la etc._n etc._n 12_o tam_fw-la milites_fw-la quamalios_fw-la liberos_fw-la et_fw-la legales_fw-la homines_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v that_o these_o word_n tam_fw-la milites_fw-la be_v not_o at_o the_o first_o put_v into_o the_o writ_n without_o effect_n plowden_n fol._n ●17_n b._n 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knight_n for_o every_o shire_n in_o this_o form_n rex_fw-la ulc_n '_o etc._n etc._n saltim_fw-la quia_fw-la ______o nostri_fw-la consilii_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_fw-la et_fw-la defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la anglia_fw-it &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concernen_fw-ge '_o quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la westm_n 12._o d●e_v novembr_n prox_n '_o futur_n '_o teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la et_fw-la ibidem_fw-la prefatis_fw-la magna_fw-la tibus_fw-la proceribus_fw-la dom_n '_o regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la et_fw-la tractare_fw-la tibi_fw-la precipimus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentis_fw-la quod_fw-la facta_fw-la proclamatione_fw-la in_o proximo_fw-la ______o tuo_fw-la po●t_fw-la receptionem_fw-la huius_fw-la litteris_fw-la nostris_fw-la tenen_fw-la l'_fw-fr die_v &_o loco_fw-la predict_v '_o d●os_fw-la milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctis_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discreet_a '_o com'_n predict_v etc._n etc._n &_o electionem_fw-la illam_fw-la in_fw-la ______o distincte_n &_o aperte_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la sigillis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la electioni_fw-la illi_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancellaria_fw-la nostra_fw-la ______o &_o locum_fw-la certifices_fw-la indilate_v cromptons_n court_n 1._o b._n vide_fw-la stat._n de_fw-fr an._n 23._o h._n 6._o cap._n 15._o where_o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n for_o parliament_n hereafter_o to_o be_v choose_v shall_v be_v natural_a knight_n of_o the_o same_o county_n for_o the_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o choose_v or_o otherwise_o such_o natural_a esquier_n or_o gentleman_n be_v of_o the_o same_o county_n as_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o be_v knight_n vide_fw-la plowden_n fol._n 121._o peer_n be_v by_o intendment_n of_o law_n sufficient_a of_o 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