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	lord_n	thomas_n	2,929	5	8.2107	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61094	Reliquiæ Spelmannianæ the posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt., relating to the laws and antiquities of England : publish'd from the original manuscripts : with the life of the author.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.; Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4930; ESTC R22617	259,395	258

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as_o the_o lord_n assign_v or_o else_o such_o as_o be_v their_o follower_n in_o the_o war_n and_o have_v therefore_o portion_n of_o ground_n appoint_v unto_o they_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o service_n which_o portion_n be_v thereupon_o call_v a_o knights-fee_n for_o that_o a_o servant_n in_o the_o war_n who_o the_o saxon_n call_v a_o knight_n have_v it_o allot_v unto_o he_o as_o the_o fee_n or_o wage_n of_o his_o service_n neither_o at_o the_o first_o have_v they_o these_o their_o fee_n but_o at_o the_o lord_n pleasure_n or_o for_o a_o time_n limit_v and_o therefore_o both_o these_o kind_n of_o military_a and_o husbandman_n dwell_v upon_o the_o town_n or_o colony_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v as_o in_o reason_n they_o ought_v under_o the_o censure_n and_o will_n of_o their_o lord_n touch_v the_o land_n they_o ocucpy_v who_o therefore_o set_v they_o law_n and_o custom_n how_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n they_o shall_v possess_v these_o their_o land_n and_o as_o any_o controversy_n rise_v 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as_o by_o superior_a judge_n both_o to_o the_o court_n baron_fw-fr and_o court_n leet_n also_o edward_n the_o confessor_n ll._n ca._n 32._o say_v that_o there_o be_v justice_n over_o every_o ten_o freeborgs_n call_v dean_n or_o tienheofod_n that_o be_v head_n of_o ten_o which_o among_o their_o neighbour_n in_o town_n compound_v matter_n of_o trespass_n do_v in_o pasture_n meadow_n corn_n and_o other_o strife_n rise_v among_o they_o but_o the_o great_a matter_n say_v he_o be_v refer_v to_o superior_a justice_n appoint_v over_o every_o ten_o of_o they_o who_o we_o may_v call_v centurion_n centenaries_n or_o hundrador_n because_o they_o judge_v over_o a_o hundred_o freeborgs_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o hundred_o therefore_o have_v jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o town_n of_o the_o hundred_o as_o well_o in_o criminal_a matter_n as_o in_o civil_a and_o they_o that_o fail_v of_o their_o right_n in_o the_o court_n baron_n tithing_n or_o leet_n may_v now_o prosecute_v it_o here_o before_o the_o 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king_n of_o the_o mercian_n date_v anno_fw-la 868._o the_o word_n de_fw-fr eodem_fw-la seodo_fw-la as_o though_o lordship_n at_o that_o time_n have_v be_v distribute_v into_o feud_n which_o be_v report_v by_o ingulfus_n charter_n a_o saxon_a give_v great_a probability_n that_o feud_n be_v then_o in_o use_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o these_o charter_n be_v as_o i_o say_v in_o latin_n and_o not_o in_o saxon_a and_o therefore_o not_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o very_a original_n but_o translation_n of_o they_o make_v after_o the_o conquest_n for_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o norman_n either_o by_o ingulf_n himself_o or_o some_o other_o expert_a in_o the_o norman_a language_n law_n and_o custom_n who_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o norman_n use_v norman_a word_n and_o such_o interpretation_n as_o they_o be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o though_o differ_v from_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n and_o so_o perhaps_o translate_v de_fw-la 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