Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	power_n	5,621	5	5.1983	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79750	The proceedings of the Commissioners of the Church and kingdome of Scotland, with his Majestie at the Hague. And the papers interchanged betwixt his Majestie and them, as they were reported in Parliament and the Generall Assembly. Appointed by authority to be published.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1649 (1649)	Wing C4251A; Thomason E566_11; ESTC R25607	22,979	29

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