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	parliament_n	8,718	5	6.8422	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57890	The last words of Coll. Richard Rumbold, Mad. Alicia Lisle, Alderman Henry Cornish, and Mr.Richard Nelthrop who were executed in England and Scotland for high treason in the year 1685.	Rumbold, Richard, 1622?-1685.; Lisle, Alice, 1614?-1685.; Nelthorpe, Richard, d. 1685.; Cornish, Henry, d. 1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing R2269; ESTC R218494	8,629	8

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