Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	court_n	england_n	king_n	6,974	5	3.9777	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39786	Some thoughts concerning the affairs of this session of Parliament. 1700	Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing F1297A; ESTC R222664	8,455	32

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