Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	county_n	say_a	sheriff_n	2,933	5	10.0525	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31000	A sermon preach'd at the assizes at Hertford, July 10th, 1684 by Miles Barne.	Barne, Miles, d. 1709?	1684 (1684)	Wing B864; ESTC R10100	11,593	32

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