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	plea_n	3,508	5	9.7258	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75481	An anti-remonstrance, to the late humble remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament.		1641 (1641)	Wing A3511; Thomason E206_7; ESTC R209859	2,708	9

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