Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	4,725	5	6.6957	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53178	Observations upon the constitution of the company of the Bank of England with a narrative of some of their late proceedings.		1698 (1698)	Wing O115; ESTC R223775	4,470	5

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