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	nature_n	reason_n	4,591	5	4.8578	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91877	Certain considerations in order to a more speedy, cheap, and equall distribution of justice throughout the nation. Most humbly presented to the High Court of Parliament of the most hopeful common-wealth of England. By Henry Robinson.	Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?	1650 (1650)	Wing R1668; Thomason E616_2; ESTC R21129	11,283	19

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