Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	baron_n	chief_a	knight_n	3,637	5	8.5333	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63215	The tryals, convictions & sentence of Titus Oates upon two indictments for willful, malicious, and corrupt perjury : at the Kings-Bench-Barr at Westminster before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys ... upon Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th days of May, anno Domini 1685 ...	Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1685 (1685)	Wing T2249; ESTC R34667	151,182	100

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