Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	common_a	king_n	parliament_n	9,294	5	6.6078	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83995	Englands remembrancers. Or, a word in season to all English men about their elections of the members for the approaching Parliament.		1656 (1656)	Wing E3037; Thomason E884_5; ESTC R207311	7,427	8

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