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	lord_n	privy_a	3,082	5	10.8865	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63175	The tryal of Elizabeth Cellier, the popish midwife, at the Old Baily, Septemb. 11, 1680, for printing and publishing the late notorious libel, intituled, Malice defeated, &c. where she was found guilty : together with her sentence.	Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680, defendant.	1680 (1680)	Wing T2187A; ESTC R22378	3,500	4

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