Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	king_n	law_n	lord_n	10,591	5	4.0028	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88699	A letter written to a member sitting at Westminster	L. L.	1660 (1660)	Wing L42; ESTC R179223	4,241	8

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