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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75517	An appeale from the court to the country. Made by a Member of Parliament lawfully chosen, but secluded illegally by my L. Protector.	Member of Parliament lawfully chosen but secluded illegally by my L. Protector.	1656 (1656)	Wing A3565; Thomason E891_3; ESTC R206507	3,626	8

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