Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	esq_n	john_n	william_n	22,982	5	10.7042	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92896	A narrative of the proceedings of the Committee for preservation of the Customes, in the case of Mr George Cony merchant. By Samuel Selvvood Gent.	Selwood, Samuel.; England and Wales. Committee for Preservation of the Customes.	1655 (1655)	Wing S2489; Thomason E844_4; ESTC R203533	21,721	43

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