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
B23560	To the supreme authority, the right honorable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of Godfrey Goodman, late Bishop of Gloucester.	Goodman, Godfrey, 1583-1656.	1649 (1649)	Wing G1102; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 190.g.12[15]; ESTC R229309	2,457	1

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