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	lord_n	plea_n	5,523	5	9.8646	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60879	A brief history of the succession collected out of the records, and the most authentick historians, written for the satisfaction of the Earl of H.	Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716.	1681 (1681)	Wing S4638; ESTC R11938	27,921	19

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