Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	defendant_n	plaintiff_n	1,434	5	10.7453	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35709	The estate of the poor in Sion College London truly stated by George Dagget ... in a letter to a friend.	Dagget, George.	1688 (1688)	Wing D108; ESTC R7050	2,888	2

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