Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	judge_n	king_n	lord_n	8,619	5	4.0580	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85295	The necessity of the absolute power of all kings: and in particular, of the King of England.	Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.	1648 (1648)	Wing F917; Thomason E460_7; ESTC R202077	8,854	14

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