Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	city_n	mayor_n	peace_n	2,997	5	6.1527	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22078	By the King a proclamation against the vse of pocket-dags.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1613 (1613)	STC 8481; ESTC S122803	975	1

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