Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	hold_v	service_n	tenure_n	2,898	5	12.3353	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26147	A treatise of the true and ancient jurisdiction of the House of Peers by Sir Robert Atkyns ...	Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709.	1699 (1699)	Wing A4144; ESTC R31568	35,905	42

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in_o curiis_fw-la praesunt_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la curiarum_fw-la judices_fw-la quos_fw-la henricus_fw-la primus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o the_o conqueror_n legum_fw-la suarum_fw-la cap._n 30._o esse_fw-la libere_fw-la tenentes_fw-la comitatus_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la regis_fw-la judices_fw-la inquit_fw-la sunt_fw-la barones_n comitatus_fw-la qui_fw-la liberas_fw-la in_o eye_n terras_fw-la habent_fw-la there_o be_v the_o person_n and_o judge_n viz._n freeholder_n per_fw-la quos_fw-la debent_fw-la causae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la alternâ_fw-la prosecutione_n tractari_fw-la there_o you_o have_v their_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n among_o the_o law_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o c._n 7._o collect_v by_o mr._n lambert_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la etc._n etc._n fol._n 180._o the_o title_n of_o the_o law_n be_v de_fw-fr generalibus_fw-la placitis_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la vel_fw-la quando_fw-la fieri_fw-la debeant_fw-la sicut_fw-la antiqua_fw-la 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singulorum_fw-la between_o party_n and_o party_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n who_o first_o introduce_v this_o course_n and_o method_n of_o justice_n suitor_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o pass_v by_o this_o first_o application_n and_o address_n before_o the_o barones_n or_o freeholder_n who_o now_o we_o call_v free-suitor_n at_o the_o country-court_n and_o per_fw-la saltum_fw-la to_o begin_v at_o the_o court_n of_o westminster_n or_o to_o follow_v the_o king_n be_v lambert_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la etc._n etc._n fol._n 62._o it_o be_v among_o the_o law_n quas_fw-la edgarus_n anno_fw-la 959._o frequenti_fw-la senatu_fw-la sancivit_fw-la fol._n 63._o nemo_n in_o litem_fw-la regem_fw-la appellato_fw-la nisi_fw-la quidem_fw-la domi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la sin_n summo_fw-la jure_fw-la urgeatur_fw-la if_o he_o meet_v with_o hard_a measure_n in_o the_o country_n ad_fw-la regem_fw-la provocato_fw-la that_o be_v to_o the_o king_n in_o his_o high_a 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