Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	francis_n	lord_n	sir_n	3,765	5	6.6166	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49982	An account at large of the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby's arguments at the Court of King's-bench at Westminster, upon his Lordship's motion for bail, the 27th day of May, term. pasch, 1682 together with the judges answers and the Earl's replyes, as they were then truly taken.	Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1682 (1682)	Wing L918; ESTC R863	28,531	31

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