Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	lord_n	time_n	5,344	5	4.0909	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38869	An exact account of the trial between Sr. William Pritchard, Kt. and alderman of the city of London, plaintiff, and Thomas Papillon, Esq, defendant in an action upon the case at the sessions of nisi prius holden for the Court of King's Bench at the Guild-Hall in the city of London, on Thursday the 6th of November, 1684, in Michaelmas term, in the 36th year of the reign of King Charles the Second, before Sir George Jefferies, Kt. and Baronet, then Lord Chief Justice of the said Court of King's Bench : to which is added, the matter of fact relating to election of sheriffs, as it was printed in the year 1682.	Pritchard, William, Sir, 1632?-1705, complainant.; Papillon, Thomas, 1623-1702, defendant.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1689 (1689)	Wing E3587; ESTC R12402	61,421	42

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