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	power_n	7,032	5	4.9612	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47853	The finall protest, and sence of the citie	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704, attributed name.	1659 (1659)	Wing L1247C; ESTC R217624	1,905	1

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