Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	act_n	majesty_n	parliament_n	7,096	5	6.9168	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82251	A declaration, or resolution of the county of Hereford.		1642 (1642)	Wing D786; Thomason 669.f.6[49]; ESTC R212409	2,175	1

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