Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	authority_n	law_n	power_n	2,872	5	4.6226	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46956	A letter from a freeholder, to the rest of the freeholders of England, and all others, who have votes in the choice of Parliament-men	Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.	1680 (1680)	Wing J834; ESTC R2105	9,303	10

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