Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	according_a	law_n	power_n	2,633	5	4.9144	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49590	A vindication of every free-man libertie against all arbitrary power and government, or, A letter of William Larner, prisoner, to Sir Henry Vane, Junior, a parliamentarian wherein is set forth his unjust imprisonment and cruell hard dealings towards the said William Larner.	Larner, William.	1646 (1646)	Wing L445A; ESTC R37961	2,737	7

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