Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	chief_a	judge_n	lord_n	8,512	5	4.2435	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67903	The five years of King Iames, or, The condition of the state of England, and the relation it had to other provinces. Written by Sr Foulk Grevill, late Lord Brook.; Five years of King James.	Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.; Wilson, Arthur, 1595-1652, attributed name.	1643 (1643)	Wing W2887; ESTC R12332	56,301	91

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