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
A96454	To the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Francis Wicker, the wife of Robert Wicker	Wicker, Francis.	1655 (1655)	Wing W2082A; ESTC R232212	1,264	1

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