Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	action_n	commit_v	execution_n	1,415	5	10.2869	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43744	The wary widdow, or, Sir Noisy Parrat a comedy : as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by Their Majesties servants / written by Henry Higden ...	Higden, Henry.	1693 (1693)	Wing H1945; ESTC R34463	59,061	72

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