Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	court_n	judge_n	law_n	5,990	5	4.7922	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55897	A Printed paper cald The Lord Digbies speech to the bill of attainder of the Earle of Strafford. Torne in peices [sic] and blowne away.		1641 (1641)	Wing P3502; ESTC R23313	2,784	9

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