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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94466	To the honourable the Commons assembled in Parliament, the humble petition of divers free-borne English-men, inhabiting in the cities of London and Westminster, the burrough of Southwark, hamblets, and places adjacent.		1650 (1650)	Wing T1427; Thomason E612_1; Thomason E612_1*; ESTC R206471	3,428	4

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