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	king_n	lord_n	10,308	5	4.0925	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61504	An accompt of Scotlands grievances by reason of the D. of Lauderdales ministrie humbly tendred to His Sacred Majesty.	Stewart, James, Sir, 1635-1713.	1672 (1672)	Wing S5532A; ESTC R17495	39,626	70

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