Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	person_n	say_a	session_n	3,171	5	10.8441	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52926	Acts and laws, passed by the general Court or Assembly of His Majesties Province of New-Hampshire in New-England, begun and held at Portsmouth, on Monday the seventh day of August, 1699, anno regni Gulielmi Tertii, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regis undecimo; Laws, etc.	New Hampshire.; New Hampshire. General Assembly.	1699 (1699)	Wing N645; ESTC R12151	10,157	9

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party_n the_o jury_n shall_v be_v empanel_v and_o return_v by_o the_o coroner_n who_o be_v also_o hereby_o empower_v to_o serve_v writ_n in_o case_n where_o the_o sheriff_n be_v concern_v and_o be_v it_o further_o enact_v by_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o no_o person_n inhabit_v within_o this_o province_n elector_n qualification_n of_o representative_n and_o elector_n other_o than_o freeholder_n of_o the_o value_n or_o income_n of_o forty_o shilling_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la or_o upward_o in_o land_n or_o worth_a fifty_o pound_n sterling_a at_o the_o least_o in_o personal_a estate_n shall_v have_v any_o vote_n in_o the_o election_n of_o representative_n or_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v elect_v to_o serve_v in_o the_o general_n assembly_n and_o the_o trial_n of_o such_o qualification_n as_o aforesaid_a shall_v be_v by_o the_o last_o list_n of_o rate_n and_o assessment_n which_o the_o select_a man_n of_o each_o respective_a town_n be_v hereby_o require_v to_o bring_v with_o they_o for_o that_o end_n