Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	peace_n	person_n	warrant_n	3,036	5	9.4944	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24004	The Christians testimony against tythes in an account of the great spoil and rapine committed by the Bishop of Chester's tythe-farmer at Cartmell in Lancashire upon the people there called Quakers in the years 1677 and 1678 : acting first as an informer upon the Act against Conventicles for which his witnesses stand indicted for perjury, secondly by suits in inferiour courts (for tythes) contrary to law.	Atkinson, Thomas.	1678 (1678)	Wing A1431A; ESTC R28313	9,339	16

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prejury_n in_o general_a excuse_n not_o from_o other_o sin_n so_o the_o false_a swear_v of_o these_o informer_n no_o way_n prohibit_v their_o after_o cruelty_n but_o upon_o the_o very_a next_o day_n viz._n the_o 19_o of_o the_o same_o month_n come_v this_o t._n preston_n the_o tithe_n farmer_n geo._n rigg_n the_o informer_n accompany_v with_o ro._n atkinson_n chief_a constable_n and_o a_o civil_a person_n together_o with_o william_n askew_n and_o jo._n barwick_n sub_fw-la constable_n into_o the_o field_n where_o francis_n fleming_n be_v at_o work_n and_o demand_v 20_o l._n for_o himself_o as_o a_o preacher_n and_o 5_o s._n for_o his_o wife_n not_o withstand_v she_o be_v absant_a from_o the_o meet_v that_o day_n for_o which_o she_o be_v convict_v distrain_v take_v and_o drive_v away_o from_o he_o his_o two_o cow_n which_o be_v all_o he_o have_v they_o have_v cost_v he_o near_o 9_o l._n but_o a_o little_a before_o tho._n preston_n the_o master_n of_o this_o work_n not_o content_v with_o 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