Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	daughter_n	son_n	wife_n	6,684	5	7.2935	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63088	Treason and murther, or, The Bloody father-in-lavv being a true and perfect relation of a horrible murther committed at Ham, neer Stratford in Essex on the wife of James Alsop by her husbands father and brother ... together with the manner how they were severally taken ... their commitment to Chelmsford goal and their tryal at the assizes March 25, 1673/4 ...		1674 (1674)	Wing T2071; ESTC R32890	4,263	9

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