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
A65685	To the Right Honourable Sir Patient Ward Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and to all and every the Honourable the Judges of either Bench, Barons of the Exchequer, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol-delivery for this sessions held for the city of London and county of Middlesex / the humble petition of Edward Whitaker Gent, prisoner in the Tower of London.	Whitaker, Edward.; Ward, Patience, Sir, 1629-1696.; England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)	1681 (1681)	Wing W1708; ESTC R22765	1,537	2

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