Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	house_n	king_n	parliament_n	16,262	5	7.0122	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92615	Some papers of the Commissioners of Scotland given in lately to the Houses of Parliament, concerning the propositions of peace.; Proceedings. 1646	Scotland. Convention of Estates.; Buchanan, David, 1595?-1652?; England and Wales. Parliament. Proceedings. 1646.	1646 (1646)	Wing S1346; Thomason E333_1; ESTC R200741	15,543	31

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