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	people_n	8,480	5	5.1510	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28255	A letter of advice written by Sr. Francis Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, when he became favourite to King James	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1661 (1661)	Wing B302; ESTC R3667	10,672	18

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